Come On In My Kitchen

Mumtaz Mahal is a collaborative studio album released in 1995 under the label Water Lily Acoustics. The album features a fusion of North Indian classical music and blues, blending the slide guitar traditions of both genres. Artists Narasimhan Ravikiran, Taj Mahal and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt contributed as primary performers. The release format was CD.

The second track, Come On In My Kitchen, runs for 11 minutes and 31 seconds. This composition adapts the blues standard originally by Robert Johnson, reinterpreting it through the lens of Hindustani classical instrumentation. Ravikiran plays the chitravina, Taj Mahal provides vocals and slide guitar, and Bhatt performs on the mohan veena. The arrangement retains the song’s core melodic structure while incorporating raga-inspired improvisations and rhythmic patterns characteristic of Indian classical music.

The album title references the Mughal empress Mumtaz Mahal, though the thematic connection to the music remains unstated in available documentation. Water Lily Acoustics, known for high-fidelity recordings of world music, produced the album with an emphasis on natural acoustic capture. No additional release details, alternate editions or chart performance records are publicly confirmed.