CD Guitarist/composer Joel Harrison melds influences from jazz, classical, country, rock, and world music. On Mother Stump Harrison explores his past growing up in 1960's and 1970's Washington D.C., with its hugely inclusive and wide-ranging music offerings. 'It was an amazing time in which to come of age musically. Minds were open, blueprints were being created, invention was everywhere, and yet strong tradition anchored the experimentation. You'd go way beyond the borders, but there was still that tangle of roots that stretched beneath and across the town. Unlike a lot of my CDs, the focus here is on my playing and not so much on my writing and arranging. It's a mixture of jazz, rock, Americana, and soul music, with tunes by Luther Vandross, Buddy Miller, Al Kooper, Leonard Cohen, George Russell, Paul Motian, a traditional spiritual and a couple of my pieces. It's a nod to my formative years, my roots as a guitarist in Washington D.C., performed on six old guitars and two old amps. It's a lot of history that I'm trying to make new.' – Joel Harrison Jazz
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