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Now in his fifth
decade as a one-man musical melting pot, Taj
Mahal continues to resist the constraints
of genre. And so the reggae
rhythms of ''Never Let You Go'' (a duet
with daughter Deva) are provided by
ukulele, trombone, and Latin workhorses
Los Lobos, while the lilting African
ballad ''Zanzibar'' features the Malian
kora player Toumani Diabate and vocals
by Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo.
What's constant on Maestro is Taj's 66-year-old
voice — itself something of a tourist, not
just in the way it tries on different
accents and languages, but in the way
it charmingly travels around pitches before
it lands on a note. B+
Download This: Listen to ''Zanzibar'' and the rest of Maestro on tajblues.com
Posted Sep 23, 2008
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