Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer best known for her work in French music. She was the younger sister of Taj Mahal.
Carole Fredericks
photo by Claude Gassian
Respire, 1999
Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., better known by his stage name Taj Mahal, is an American blues musician. He plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments, often incorporating elements of world music into his work. Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his more than 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Hawaii, and the South Pacific.
Taj Mahal in 2005
Taj Mahal at the Museumsquartier in Vienna (Jazz-Fest Wien) in 2007
Taj Mahal performing in 1971 (Millard Agency photo)
Taj Mahal at the Liri Blues Festival, Italy, in 2005