Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942, New York City) is a United States blues musician. His father was a jazz pianist/composer/arranger of Jamaican descent, his mother a schoolteacher from South Carolina who sang gospel.

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Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942, New York City) is a United States blues musician. His father was a jazz pianist/composer/arranger of Jamaican descent, his mother a schoolteacher from South Carolina who sang gospel.

He was born Henry St. Clair Fredericks in Harlem, but grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the early 60's he studied Agriculture and Animal Husbandry at the University of Massachusetts. While there he formed Taj Mahal & the Elektras. His stage name Taj Mahal was inspired by a dream.