• Source: Maestro (Taj Mahal album)

      • Maestro is an album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. It was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards (but lost out to Dr. John and the Lower 911's City That Care Forgot).
      The release of Maestro marked the 40th anniversary of Taj Mahal's career as a recording artist. It features numerous guest artists: Los Lobos appear on "Never Let You Go" and "TV Mama", Jack Johnson shares vocals on a re-recording of Taj's number "Further On Down the Road", and Ben Harper's vocals can be heard on "Dust Me Down". Other guest appearances include Angélique Kidjo (on "Zanzibar") and Ziggy Marley (on "Black Man, Brown Man"). Furthermore, Taj Mahal teams up again with the Phantom Blues Band (with whom he had recorded the Grammy nominated albums Señor Blues and Shoutin' in Key), Toumani Diabaté (with whom he had recorded the album Kulanjan) and his daughter, singer-songwriter Deva Mahal (with whom he had recorded several children's albums in the past).


      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 (7-11)" (vinyl bonus track)
      "On A Little Bamboo Bridge" (vinyl bonus track)


      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
      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
      Mike Finnigan – keyboards
      Jason Yates – keyboards
      Michael Hyde – keyboards
      Mick Weaver – keyboards, organ
      Henry Butler – piano
      Steve Berlin – organ
      Ivan Neville – organ
      Joe Sublette – baritone saxophone
      Joe Sublett – tenor 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


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