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A feast for the ears!Charles Stepney arrangements, The Ramsey Lewis Trio (accompanied by an orchestra) and the fully realized vocals by Minnie Riperton, a pre “loving you” post The New Rotary Connection Minnie with dynamic vocal fireworks on display all throughout!The legendary Chess Cadet label via a newly minted distribution partnership with GRT released this treasured vocal debut, that was lost in a re organization shuffle, then quickly disappeared from the marketplace! BUT not from the minor amount of music lovers’ hearts, minds and most importantly the ears that per chance, experienced it! Either in era or post, via limited reissues intermittently released, with varying degrees of audio quality throughout the CD era!Hence longtime and newly minted fans were in constant pursuit of the “perfect” audio remastered version for their ultimate listening experience! Which lands us here with this reissue by Essential Media Content. The sound is the best yet... clear highs, greater separation with spatial resonance which allows for a more profound listening experience of this lost classic!Throughout Minnie’s tenure with the Rotary Connection and their later incarnation, she offered jazz vocal hazing on selected tracks across (3) Ramsey Lewis Trio albums... Maiden voyage, Another voyage and Piano player. On some tracks she vocalized on the “hits” of the day, on others she gave directional hints at what was yet to come from her debut.Come to my garden is an aural marvel!The full length album features fuller vocal recordings of those Ramsey Lewis Trio highlights with self penned tracks added to round out the project. Despite the production largesse Minnie’a vocals at times exudes other worldly effects taking on an ephemeral wistfulness in her upper register and the intimacy that her soprano naturally calls for is on display delivering songs full of hope promise and humanity.COME is a holdover gift from the later day “flower power” movement with those sentiments heavy on display intermixed with elements of psychedelia and the most compelling jazz breaks. Released in the early 70s. A time of tumult and change with the previous decade’s ideals and aesthetics lost or fading with the rise of the “me” generation, the huge popularity of the singer songwriter movement (which this album actually somewhat complement ) and what we now know to be the pending onslaught of the disco boom around 1974/75.Don’t pass on this invitation.... Run! Don’t walk! KB aka HUMDINGER!