Author : Brittnay L. Proctor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501379178
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Book Synopsis Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden by : Brittnay L. Proctor
Download or read book Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden written by Brittnay L. Proctor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come to My Garden (1970) introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, the solo artist. Minnie captivated listeners with her earth-shattering voice's uncanny ability to evoke melancholy and exultance. Born out of Charles Stepney's masterful composition and Richard Rudolph's attentive songwriting, the album fused a plethora of music genres. A blip in the universe of fusion music that would come to dominate the 1970s, Come to My Garden also featured the work of young bandleaders like Ramsey Lewis and Maurice White, thus bridging the divide between jazz and R&B. Despite fairly positive reviews of the album, even in its many re-releases, it never garnered critical attention. Minnie Riperton's Come to My Garden by Brittnay L. Proctor uses rare archival ephemera, the multiple re-issues of the album, interviews, cultural history, and personal narrative to outline how the revolutionary album came to be and its lasting impact on popular music of the post-soul era (the late 20th to the early 21st century).