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| Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues | |||||||
A musical legend comes to Tipitina'sSince the mid-'60s, Taj Mahal has played a vital role in the preservation of traditional blues and African-American roots music. He is a singer, songwriter, composer and noted musicologist who through intensive research creates authentic, rootsy compositions that, while remaining true to tradition, are still relevant to modern audiences and always bear his own unique stamp. Although he frequently ventures into different genres, Mahal's heart and soul belongs to the old-time country blues. In addition to performing and album work, Mahal has also composed movie soundtracks (Sounder and Sounder II) and television scores for such shows as The Man Who Broke a Thousand Chains and Brer Rabbit. In 1991, he composed authentic music for the Broadway production of Mule Bone, a Langston Hughes/Zora Neale Hurston play that had been lost since the mid-'30s. As the '90s progressed, Mahal continued to contribute and add to his discography; in 1998 he was honored with a three-CD box set, In Progress & In Motion 1965-1998. The '90s compilation Blue Light Boogie appeared a year later. ~ Sandra Brennan |
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