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• • • the Hula Blues Band Website Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments. He often incorporates elements of into his works and has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his almost 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, and the South Pacific. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, Jr. On May 17, 1942, in, New York, Mahal grew up in.
He was raised in a musical environment; his mother was a member of a local and his father was an Afro-Caribbean arranger and piano player. His family owned a which received music broadcasts from around the world, exposing him at an early age to. Early in childhood he recognized the stark differences between the of his day and the music that was played in his home. He also became interested in jazz, enjoying the works of musicians such as,. His parents came of age during the, instilling in their son a sense of pride in his Caribbean and African ancestry through their stories. Taj Mahal at the Museumsquartier in (Jazz-Fest Wien) in 2007 Because his father was a musician, his house was frequently the host of other musicians from the Caribbean, Africa, and the U.S. His father, Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Sr., was called 'The Genius' by before starting his family.