TAJ MAHAL

TAJ MAHAL (née HENRY SAINTE CLAIRE FREDRICKS-WILLIAMS). Blues singer. (17 May 1940 in New York, New York). He came from a musical family; his father played jazz piano and his mother was a gospel singer. He obtained his education in the public schools of Springfield, Massachusetts, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.S. in veterinary science). He taught himself to play several instruments, and after graduation from college began to sing blues in clubs and coffeehouses of Boston,...