" data-original-title="" title="">Joel Harrison is about the last guitarist I'd expect to record a funky slab of power-trio jazz-rock-funk fusion. Across the board, his guitaristic skills have taken a back seat to compositional concerns and rich, detailed arrangements. Yet, here is Mother Stump, Harrison's paean to 70s-era jazz-rooted, rock-powered, funked-up guitar-centric instrumental music. Moreover, Harrison has pointedly eschewed all of the studio polish and post-production nonsense that bogs down must fusion albums these days. Like the best music in any genre, Mother Stump derives its potency from its unvarnished enthusiasm, and its completely visceral approach. The focus here is squarely on Harrison's remarkable, individualistic guitar playing. Dude can write well, also. Far from the usual blather one finds in liner notes these days, Harrison recounts the inspirations behind this music: most coming from his experiences in the Washington D.C area as an avid young music fan, player and student during the late 60s into the early 80s. He name checks some of the area's best jazz, soul and rock musicians, people he admired as a teenager and some—like