On September 30, 2008, “Heads Up International” label released “Maestro”, the 26th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 2008, and was produced by Taj Mahal and The Phantom Blues Band.
Personnel:
- Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, harmonica, ukulele
- Louie Pérez – guitar
- Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
- Cesar Rosas – guitar
- Leo Nocentelli – guitar
- David Hidalgo – guitar
- Jason Mozersky – guitar
- Takeshi Akimoto – guitar
- Fred Lunt – guitar
- Carlos Andrade – guitar
- Mike Finnigan – keyboards
- Jason Yates – keyboards
- Michael Hyde – keyboards
- Mick Weaver – keyboards, organ
- Henry Butler – piano
- Steve Berlin – organ
- Ivan Neville – organ
- Larry Fulcher – bass
- Conrad Lozano – bass
- Bill Rich – bass
- Jesse Ingalls – bass
- Paul “Pablo” Stennett – bass
- George Porter – bass
- Pancho Graham – acoustic bass, guitar
- Tony Braunagel – drums
- Cougar Estrada – drums
- Raymond Weber – drums
- Carlton “Santa” Davis – drums
- Kester Smith – drums, percussions
- Michael Jerome – drums, percussions
- Angel Roché Jr. – percussions
- Debra Dobkin – percussions
- Toumani Diabaté – kora
- Joe Sublette – tenor and baritone saxophone
- Rudy Costa – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Darrel Leonard – trombone
- Angela Wellman – trombone
- Billy Branch – harmonica
- Pat Cockett – ukulele
- Bassekou Kouyate – ngoni, xalam
- Ziggy Marley – vocals
- Angélique Kidjo – vocals
- Ben Harper – vocals
- Jack Johnson – vocals
- C.C. White – backing vocals
- Pebbles Phillips – backing vocals
- Tracy Hazzard – backing vocals
Track listing:
- Scratch My Back – James Moore
- Never Let You Go – Deva Mahal, Taj Mahal
- Dust Me Down – Ben Harper
- Further On Down the Road – Jesse Edwin Davis III, Taj Mahal
- Black Man Brown Man – Taj Mahal
- Zanzibar – Angélique Kidjo, Taj Mahal
- TV Mama – Lou Willie Turner
- I Can Make You Happy – Taj Mahal
- Slow Drag – Taj Mahal
- Hello Josephine – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine Domino
- Strong Man Holler – Taj Mahal
- Diddy Wah Diddy – Ellas McDaniel, Willie Dixon
- Mambo No. 5 – Taj Mahal
- On A Little Bamboo Bridge – Taj Mahal
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