Taj (album)

Taj is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. The cover photograph was by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Taj
Studio album by
Released1987
GenreBlues
LabelGramavision
ProducerTaj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Going Home
(1980)
Taj
(1987)
Shake Sugaree
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

  1. "Everybody is Somebody" (The Mighty Shadow)
  2. "Paradise"
  3. "Do I Love Her"
  4. "Light of the Pacific" (Toni Fonoti)
  5. "'Deed I Do"
  6. "Soothin'" (Jae Mason)
  7. "Pillow Talk" (Michael Burton, Sylvia Robinson)
  8. "Local Local Girl"
  9. "Kauai Kalypso"
  10. "French Letter" (Toni Fonoti)[1]

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal - acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion, keyboards, lead and background vocals
  • Jeanette Acosta - synthesizer
  • Wayne Henderson - keyboards
  • Ray Fitzpatrick - bass, percussion
  • Inshirah Mahal - congas, percussion
  • Larry McDonald - congas, percussion
  • Babatunde Olatunji - djembe, congas, shekere, percussion
  • Ralph MacDonald - congas, tambourine, percussion
  • Robert Greenidge - steel drums, percussion
  • Ozzie Williams - drums, DBX drum programming
  • Kester Smith - drums
  • Chris Simpson - nylon stringed Spanish guitar
  • Tony Jones - electric bass, electric guitar
  • Fred Lunt[2] - steel guitar
  • Jesse Ed Davis - lead guitar
  • Kenny Lee Lewis - rhythm guitar
  • Reggie Lucas - guitar
  • Rudy Costa - alto saxophone
  • Ron Brown - tenor saxophone
  • Fernando Pullum - trumpet
  • Larry Gittens - trumpet
  • Garnett Brown - trombone
  • Duane Benjamin - trombone
  • Melody McCully - background vocals
  • Pamela Vincent - background vocals
  • Joyce Wilson - background vocals[3]

References


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