Joel Harrison – Mother Stump (2014)
‘Mother Stump’ covers a lot of ground, with Harrison’s blues-inflected progressive jazz guitar as your guide.

‘Mother Stump’ covers a lot of ground, with Harrison’s blues-inflected progressive jazz guitar as your guide.

Impossibly labyrinthine but appealing harmonies combine here with a high level of acumen.
This song has become The Anthem at live shows.

The first thing that grabs ya’ about this new Jeff Beck tune is the gigantic groove Beck establishes from the get-go, and a soaring lead that brings this too-brief three minute funk-rock excursion to its end.

Ross Hammond typically invests a lot into his recording projects, as we witnessed with instinctual rock-jazz excursions like 2012’s Adored and 2013’s Cathedrals. You May Also Like: Ross Hammond – ‘Roll Forward’ (2022) Catherine Sikora and Ethan Winogrand – ‘Things To Do In Paris’ (2020) Ross Hammond – ‘Riding DragonsRead More

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Remember back in the late 90’s, when the then-little-known acid jazz trio Medeski, Martin & Wood got together with John Scofield and caused a funk-jazz commotion? You May Also Like: Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound – ‘Omnisphere’ (2018)

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