On May 16, 1995, “Water Lily Acoustic” label released “Mumtaz Mahal”, album by Taj Mahal, N. Ravikiran and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (the 19th Taj Mahal album overall). It was recorded in 1994, at “Christ the King Chapel” in St. Anthony’s Seminary, Santa Barbara, California, and was produced by Kavichandran Alexander and Dr. Dilip Raval.
On October 31, 1991, “Private Music” label released “Like Never Before”, the 17th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Studio 4 Recording”, “Paramount Recording Studios”, “Studio 55”, “Orca Studios”, “Platinum Island Studios”, “Criteria Recording Studios”, and was produced by Skip Drinkwater.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
Hiram Bullock – guitar
David Lindley – guitar, lap steel guitar
Mark Tyler – guitar
Paul Barrere – guitar
Jerry Williams – guitar, backing vocals
Eric Bazilian – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
Sonny Rhodes – lap steel guitar
Dr. John – piano
Mark Goodman – electric piano, synthesizer
Donald Robinson – keyboards
Mark Jordan – piano, organ, synthesizer
Jim Salomone – synthesizer
Rob Hyman – organ, accordion
Jerry Cohen – organ
Doug Grisby – bass
Tony Jones – bass
Andy Kravitz – drums, percussion, castanets, tambourin
Bill Summers – congas, percussion triangle, batas, guiro, percussion
David Johnson – percussion, bells
Phil Nicolo – cymbals, programming, engineer, mixing
Richard Feldman – programming
Rudy Costa – soprano saxophone
Ron Kerber – alto saxophone
Haywood Henry – alto saxophone, clarinet
“Jammin” Jay Davidson – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
Claire Daly – tenor saxophone
Ed Kalney, Gary McKeen – trumpet
Jeff Lego – trombone
Art Baron – trombone
Howard Johnson – tuba, cornet, horn arrangements
Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sheryl Crow, Porter Carroll, Augie Johanson, Greg Maha, Louis Patton, Reggie Ellis, Willie Green, Rob Hyman – backing vocals
The Pointer Sisters (Anna, June, Ruth) – backing vocals
DJ Jazzy Jeff – turntables
Myric “Freeze” Guillory – washboard
Joe Nicolo – engineer, mixing
Bruce Weeden, John Moyer, Michael Schlesinger – additional engineering
Brandon Harris, Doug DeAngelis, Steve McLoughlin, Christopher Thomas, Lou Catanzaro, Mark Schulz, Chris Furman, Kurt BuJack, Scott Blockland – engineer assistant
Skip Drinkwater – mixing
Greg Fulginiti – mastering
Andy Van Dette, Ray Legnini, Scott Hall – digital editing
Andy Bauer, Mark Goodman – guitars technician
Larry Vigon – art direction, design
Brian Jackson – design
Chris Callis – photography
Brooke Drinkwater, Robert L. Stephenson – production coordinator
Jamie Cohen – executive producer
Track listing:
Don’t Call Us – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
River of Love – Jimmy Scott, Porter Carroll, Richard Feldman
Scattered – Mark Jordan, Patrick Dollahan, Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
Ev’ry Wind (In the River) – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
On August 7, 1967, “Columbia” label released “Revolution!”, the seventh Paul Revere & the Raiders studio album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Terry Melcher.
Personnel:
Paul Revere – vocals, keyboards
Keith Allison, James Burton, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole, Ry Cooder, Mike Deasy, Joel Scott Hill, Drake Levin, Taj Mahal, Jim Valley, Freddy Weller – guitars
Ron Collins, Larry Knechtel – keyboards
Terry Hoffman – harmonica
Charlie Coe, Chris Ethridge, Joe Osborn, Ray Pohlman, Phil Volk – bass
Hal Blaine, Joe Correro, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Mike “Smitty” Smith – drums
Mark Lindsay, Charles Shoemaker, Ed Thigpen – percussion
Jim Horn, John Kelson, Mark Lindsay, Jay Migliori, Plas Johnson, Tom Scott – saxophone
Margaret Aue, Israel Baker, Jimmy Bond, David Burke, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Jan Kelley, Lou Klass, Raphael Kramer, William Kurasch, Emmet Sargeant, Ralph Schaeffer, Albert Steinberg, Joseph Stepansky- strings
On June 15, 1993, “Private Music” label released “Dancing the Blues”, the 18th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 1993, and was produced by John Porter.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – lead vocals, organ, guitar, steel guitar, harmonica, piano, liner notes
Etta James – vocals
John Porter – guitar
Johnny Lee Schell – guitar, backing vocals
Ian McLagan – organ, piano
Bill Payne – piano
Mick Weaver – organ
Chuck Domanico – upright bass
Bob Glaub – bass
Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
Richie Hayward – drums
Joe McGrath – percussion, engineer
Michito Sanchez – percussion, conga
Marty Grebb – alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, backing vocals
Joe Sublett – soprano and tenor Saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trombone, trumpet, trombonium
Texacali Horns – horn
Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals
Rich Veltrop – second engineer
Helix Hadar – second engineer
Jerry Finn – second engineer
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Melanie Penny – art direction
William H. Johnson – illustrations
Kurt DeMunbrun – design
Robin Visotsky – photography
Ron Goldstein – executive producer
Track listing:
Blues Ain’t Nothin’ – Taj Mahal
Hard Way – Grover McDaniel, T-Bone Walker
Strut – Taj Mahal
Going to the River – Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino
Mockingbird – Charlie Foxx, Inez Foxx
Blue Light Boogie – Jessie Mae Robinson
The Hoochi Coochi Coo – Hank Ballard, Billy Myles
That’s How Strong My Love Is – Roosevelt Jamison
Down Home Girl – Arthur Butler, Jerry Leiber
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
Sitting on Top of the World – Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson
On March 13, 2015, “RCA” label released “Duets: Re-working the Catalogue”, the 35th Van Morrison studio album. It was recorded in 2014, at “Manchester Evening News Arena”, “Slieve Donard Hotel” in Newcastle, “British Grove” in Chiswick, London, “Air Lyndhurst Hall” in Hampstead, London and was produced by Van Morrison and Bob Rock.
Personnel:
Van Morrison – vocals, acoustic guitar, alto saxophone
Dave Keary – guitar, banjo
Marcel Camargo, Ryan Lerman – guitar
David Garfield, Alan Chang – piano
Paul Moran – Hammond organ, piano, flugelhorn, trumpet
Paul Moore, Stanley Banks, Craig Polasko – bass
Jeff Lardner, Robbie Ruggiero, Khari Parker, Marion Felder – drums
Abass Nii Dodoo, Mike Osborn, Lilliana de Los Reyes – percussion
Jake Saslow, Rob Wilkerson – alto saxophone
Christopher White – tenor and baritone saxophone, tin whistle
Jacob Rodriguez – baritone saxophone
Jean Caze, Jumaane Smith, Justin Ray – trumpet
Alistair White – trombone, euphonium
Mark Nightingale, Joshua Brown, Nick Vayenas – trombone
On February 27, 1996, “Private Music” label released “Phantom Blues”, the 20th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in May 1995, at “Sound City Studios” in Van Nuys, California, and was produced by John Porter.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – lead vocals, dobro, harmonica
Bonnie Raitt – additional vocal
Dean Parks – lead guitar
Eric Clapton – lead guitar
Joe McGrath, John Parks, Johnny Lee Schell – guitar
Mike Campbell – 12-string guitar
John Porter – lead, acoustic and slide guitar
Jon Cleary – guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, clarinet
Jon Brion – guitar, chamberlin
Mick Weaver – organ
David Hidalgo – accordion
James “Hutch” Hutchinson – bass guitar
Larry Fulcher – bass guitar
Tony Braunagel – drums, percussion
Myric “Freeze” Guillory – rubboard
Bernard “Dr. B.” Anderson, Joe Sublett – tenor saxophone
Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombone
Alfie Silas Durio, Billie Barnum, Sir Harry Bowens, Regina Taylor, Sweat Pea Atkinson, Terrence Forsythe – backing vocals
Track listing:
Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes – Taj Mahal
Cheatin’ On You – Jon Cleary
The Hustle Is On – H.E. Owens
Here in the Dark – Bernard Anders
Fanning the Flames – Jon Cleary
I Need Your Loving – Clarence Lewis, Don Gardner, James McDougal, Morris Levy
Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Jessie Hill
Lonely Avenue – Doc Pomus
Don’t Tell Me – Pat McLaughlin
What Am I Living For? – Art Harris, Fred Jay
We’re Gonna Make It – Billy Davis, Carl William Smith, Gene Barge, Raynard Miner
Let the Four Winds Blow – Dave Bartholomew, Antoine “Fats” Domino
(You’ve Got to) Love Her with a Feeling – Freddie King, Sonny Thompson
In February 1968, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in August 1967, and was produced by Bob Irwin and David Rubinson.
Personnel:
Taj Mahal – vocals, harmonica, slide guitar
Jesse Ed Davis – lead and slide guitar
Ry Cooder – rhythm guitar, mandolin
Bill Boatman – rhythm guitar
James Thomas – bass
Gary Gilmore – bass
Sanford Konikoff – drums
Chuck “Brother” Blackwell – drums
Raphael Valentin, Roy Halee – engineer
Ron Coro – design
Guy Webster – photography
Track listing:
Leaving Trunk – Sleepy John Estes
Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell, arranged by Taj Mahal
Checkin’ Up on My Baby – Sonny Boy Williamson II
Everybody’s Got to Change Sometime – Sleepy John Estes
EZ Rider – arranged by Taj Mahal
Dust My Broom – Robert Johnson
Diving Duck Blues – Sleepy John Estes
The Celebrated Walkin’ Blues – arranged by Taj Mahal
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
In January 1973, “Janus” label released “Louisiana Rock & Roll”, the third Potliquor album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Deep South Recording Studio” in New Orleans, and was produced by Jim Brown.
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