Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Birthday: 1942-05-17

Place of Birth: Harlem, New York, USA

Biography: Taj Mahal is an American blues musician, a self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica, among many other instruments.

Movies

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a v...

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Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who ...

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Killer Diller
Killer Diller

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a grou...

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Taj Mahal and Friends
Taj Mahal and Friends

Live! February 19th, 1987. Palomino Club, North Hollywood, California....

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Outside Ozona
Outside Ozona

A widowed trucker fends off isolation in the company of a dog named Girl, two bickering sisters try ...

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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time....

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Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM

Built out of “a pile of radio junk,” Bethesda, Maryland’s WHFS was a music fan’s dream of a radio st...

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother...

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A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings

Song for Cesar is a documentary film with a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and t...

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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain ga...

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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the d...

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Sounder
Sounder

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-e...

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Santana: Special Edition EP
Santana: Special Edition EP

Track listing : 1 - Intro (1min05) 2 - TAJ MAHAL : Riverside (1min40) 3 - TAJ MAHAL : Sweet Mama ...

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Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013

Captured across two nights at Madison Square Garden, the Crossroads Guitar Festival offers a variety...

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Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights

In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long...

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Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf
Born to Be Wild: The Story of Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf is one of the most legendary and at the same time most enigmatic bands in the history of...

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Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film
Blind Willie's Blues: A Documentary Film

Also known as Georgia Blues, this is a biopic of influential bluesman Blind Willie McTell....

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Shake 'Em On Down
Shake 'Em On Down

Shake ‘Em On Down is a one-hour documentary film which aims to tell the story of Fred McDowell, who ...

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All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
All My Friends - Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman

All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman captures a once-in-a-lifetime perf...

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The American Epic Sessions
The American Epic Sessions

Jack White and T Bone Burnett invite today’s greatest artists to test their skills against the long-...

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The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus

A 1968 event put together by The Rolling Stones. The film is comprised of two concerts on a circus s...

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Sounder, Part 2
Sounder, Part 2

Poor black sharecroppers band together to build a school for their children....

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ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues guitarists ever. Even before his early death, f...

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Songcatcher
Songcatcher

After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brillian...

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ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014
ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival 2014

Austin City Limits (ACL) heads to Nashville for a special broadcast featuring performance highlights...

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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the ...

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Mr. Handy's Blues
Mr. Handy's Blues

Mr. Handy's Blues is the never before told story of W.C. Handy, known worldwide as The Father of the...

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Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life

Buffy Sainte-Marie is best known for her protest songs (Universal Soldier) and her love songs (Up Wh...

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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built ...

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This Ain't No Mouse Music!
This Ain't No Mouse Music!

Loving, music-filled tribute to Chris Strachwitz, guiding force behind legendary roots music label A...

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Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson

Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson is a 2024 tribute concert held at the ...

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Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023

Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star ...

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Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York City's premier jazz venue got the blues when Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton performed tog...

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Feel Like Going Home
Feel Like Going Home

Martin Scorsese traces the roots of the blues from the Mississippi Delta back to West Africa, journe...

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along

Joined by friends and family for this very special celebratory concert -- a must-see event for count...

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The People Speak
The People Speak

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A Pe...

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