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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Taj Mahal
09/09/2003
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All Music Guide Review
When the Ken Burns' documentary series Jazz premiered on PBS in 2001, a series of artist compilations were released using the series as a brand name, and they sold quite well. So, with Martin Scorsese overseeing a series of films for PBS with the overall name The Blues in 2003, much the same sort of campaign was launched, and this 15-track compilation of Taj Mahal's work from the late '60s to the mid-'70s was part of it. There's nothing wrong with the material, drawn largely from albums such as Taj Mahal, The Natch'l Blues, and Giant Steps/De Ole Folks at Home. But it had only been three years since Columbia/Legacy released the 17-track The Best of Taj Mahal, which shares many of the same tracks, and that album was still in print when this one was released. If viewers, inspired by watching television, were inspired to buy a Taj Mahal album and picked this one up because of the tie-in, they would get a good selection of the highlights of his early work. But as an addition to his existing catalog, this release was essentially redundant. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Taj Mahal Track Listing
Credits of Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Taj Mahal
- Inshirah Mahal
- Vocals
- Larry McDonald
- Percussion, Keyboards
- Earl McIntyre
- Trombone, Trombone (Bass), Tuba
- Andy McKaie
- Producer, A&R
- Rashaida Nirobe
- Vocals
- Joseph M. Palmaccio
- Mastering
- Earl Palmer
- Drums
- John Porter
- Producer
- Mona Ram
- Vocals
- Billy Rich
- Bass
- David Rubinson
- Producer
- Johnny Lee Schell
- Guitar
- Kester Smith
- Percussion
- Donna Taylor
- Vocals (Background)
- James "Son" Thomas
- Bass
- Mick Weaver
- Organ (Hammond)
- Guy Webster
- Photography
- Hoshal Wright
- Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
- Kwasi Dzidzornu
- Conga, Bells
- David Ritz
- Liner Notes
- Terrence Forsythe
- Vocals (Background)
- Larry Fulcher
- Bass
- Vartan
- Art Direction
- Christopher Austopchuk
- Art Direction
- Howard Fritzson
- Art Direction
- David Gahr
- Photography
- Margery Greenspan
- Design
- Hank Parker
- Photography
- Geary Chansley
- Photo Research
- Jerry Rappaport
- A&R
- Bob Cato
- Photography
- Baron Wolman
- Cover Photo, Tray Photo
- Urve Kuusik
- Photography
- Jeff Magid
- Compilation Producer
- Ken Settle
- Photography
- Martin Scorsese
- Liner Notes, Executive Producer
- Don Peterson
- Photography
- Margaret Bodde
- Producer
- Patti Matheny
- A&R
- Pat Lawrence
- Executive Producer
- Alex Gibney
- A&R, Series Producer
- Jeffrey Peisch
- Series Producer
- Rhonda Shields
- Project Manager
- Adam Owett
- Art Direction
- Darren Salmieri
- A&R
- Fong Y. Lee
- Packaging Manager
- Ryan Null
- Photo Research
- Michele Horie
- Project Coordinator
- Dan Luskin
- Photo Research
- Salimah El Amin
- Photo Research
- Richard Hutton
- Producer
- Ellen Nygaard
- Icon
- Jo Hay
- Design
- Jody Patton
- Executive Producer
- Jesse Ed Davis
- Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Piano
- Steven Berkowitz
- Producer, A&R
- Sir Harry Bowens
- Vocals (Background)
- Tony Braunagel
- Percussion, Tambourine, Drums
- Jon Cleary
- Piano, Wurlitzer
- David Coleman
- Guitar
- Rudy Costa
- Wind
- Joseph Daley
- Trombone, Tuba
- Rocky Dzidzornu
- Percussion
- Ulrich Felsburg
- Executive Producer
- Yvonne Fimbres
- Vocals
- Ray Fitzpatrick
- Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
- Bismark Franco
- Percussion
- Carole Fredericks
- Vocals
- Gary Gilmore
- Bass
- Paul Grupp
- Producer
- Joni Haastrup
- Vocals
- Jeff Jones
- Executive Producer
- Sanford Konikoff
- Drums
- Al Kooper
- Piano
- Andy Narell
- Drums (Steel)
- Bob Stewart
- Tuba, Flugelhorn
- Howard Johnson
- Tuba, Sax (Baritone)
- John Jackson
- Project Manager
- Taj Mahal
- Guitar (Acoustic), Banjo, Dobro, Flute, Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin, Arranger, Fife, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Kazoo, Vocals, Whistle (Human), Producer, Penny Whistle, Slide Guitar, Adaptation
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