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been listening to the recent ron miles album- circuit rider…his trumpet lead trio..with bill frisell on guitar & brian blade on drums..and while tasty and interesting, can't help but think of the great tiny bell trio…who forged similar terrain 20 years earlier!!! (and dare i say--better!!)
dave douglas on trumpet, brad shepik (shoeppach) on guitar and jim black drums
i remember on first hearing it , being floored by guitarist brad shepiks jim hall/john abercrombie informed stylings, but mixed with strong world music string influences like saz & oud…certainly cutting edge for the time..(still!)
soon after saw shepik around nyc (the knitting factory era) with his gretsch tennessean..always good…now he's a respected music scholar and teacher at nyu (among other universities)
he's made some great albums since..with paradox trio and solo..and seems genuinely underrated
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cheersLast edited by neatomic; 08-17-2015 at 04:43 PM.
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08-17-2015 04:40 PM
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Underrated...agreed. Fantastic guitarist and one of the most well-rounded players. Can hang with the heaviest jazz cats, world music cats, modern...everything. And a killer teacher and super nice guy to boot.
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Brad lives next door to me. I took a few lessons from him when i re-started studying jazz six years ago.
First thing he did was check out the intonation on my guitar (it's good) and burn a disc of fake books for me.
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That's hilarious Tommy. What a small world.
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very cool!!..so glad you guys know you are dealin with a monster player there!!
other great bands/recordings with him were- pachora (with chris speed) and tridruga!
brooklyn!
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I took some classes with him when I traveled to ny he is one of the best teachers around superb player and cool guy!
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update-
via shepik talk in another thread..current info
Brad Shepik Organ Trio "Top Down" Digital Album Release Concert March 28 2016 10pm at 55 Bar NYC
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Brad rocks.
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Brad is a Genius!
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If you pre-order the new album from Brad's Bandcamp store - https://bradshepik.bandcamp.com/releases - you get one of the tunes straightaway. There's also a nice video there of the trio in the studio.
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Just felt like bumping this thread to post some recent Brad Shepik videos!
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been listening to that organ trio album a lot..so good...
& had that pachora album-unn ^ on again this week too..always a fave
go brad!
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I think Brad is one of the best players on the scene today!
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Was just bumping to this a few days ago. So killin!
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nice session with birdseye view of brads technique..pick to fingerpicking
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A random bump because this forum needs more Shepik!
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Yeah man bump away. I have started this policy. Ebverytime I log on there are 300-500 people looking at gear and stuff. Only about 2 people have commented on Jordan's amazing CD. Someone asked on here once what is wrong with jazz. Pretty bloody obvious.
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Cool. I like his playing a lot...very versatile, but he has a voice.
Originally Posted by David B
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shepik talk always good!!
brad is super versatile player...one of the things that i liked about him right off...his balkan influence shines!
been listening to pachora...one of his great bands...very eclectic...ast
check out this cover of david bowies man who sold the world!
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Yes!
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A great recent video of Shepik with George Colligan's group, performing at the Ballard Jazz Festival this year.
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And a sweet pro-shot studio session with the same bassist and drummer.
(^ Probably my favourite tune of Brad's)
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I really like that album (thanks David B) - also the doggy, he is cute. Originally Posted by jordanklemons
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very cool..nice to hear brad going up against a mccoy tyner inspired pianist...loose but hard...good stuff Originally Posted by David B
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Looking forward to seeing Shepik here in London next month with Jamie Baum's septet!
(Check out the gnarly solo on a Strat!)
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