Featuring JOEL HARRISON, MICHAEL BATES, and JEREMY CLEMONS
As guitarist, composer and vocalist, Washington D.C. native Joel Harrison resists categorization: jazz, African and Indian, contemporary classical, blues and rock all have a place in his unique approach. Remarking on his eclectic approach All About Jazz concluded that “Harrison’s ability to integrate renders irrelevant the identification of his sources in compositions that range from edgy angularity to sheer beauty…he dispenses with boundaries and creates his own mélange that’s as timeless as it is thoroughly modern.”
Unlike a lot of Joel’s CDs, the focus here is on playing and not so much on writing and arranging. It’s a return to Guitar Roots. More a mixture of jazz, rock, Americana, and Soul with tunes by, Leonard Cohen, George Russell, Paul Motian, Luther Vandross, Buddy Miller, George Russell, a traditional spiritual, and a couple of original pieces. It’s a nod to my formative years, my roots as a guitarist in Washington D.C., with six old guitars and two old amps. It’s a lot of history that I’m trying to make new.
“JOHN THE REVELATOR” by JOEL HARRISON & MOTHER STUMP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mQB3RPTPo