Guitarist/composer Brad Shepik has recorded 9 albums as a leader and performed with Paul Motian’s Electric Bebop Band, Dave Douglas’ Tiny Bell Trio, Bob Brookmeyer, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, Joey Baron, Pachora, Matt Darriau’s Paradox Trio, Combo Nuvo, Kiran Ahluwalia, George Schuller, Jamie Baum, Simon Shaheen, Yuri Yunakov’s Bulgarian Wedding Band, Chandrika Tandon’s Shivoham, Gnawa of Hope, Jay Clayton, Ben Holmes’ Naked Lore and Arthur Kell among others. He appears on more than 70 recordings and has been awarded commissions and grants from the Seattle Arts Commission, Chamber Music America and NYFA. His latest recording is Believers (Orenda 2020) with percussionist John Hadfield and bassist Sam Minaie. In 2021 he premiered Human Activity – Code Red a concert length suite on the subject of climate change which will be released on Shifting Paradigm Records in 2024 under the title Human Activity: Dream of the Possible.
“This beautiful collaboration, offers further evidence for Shepik as one of
the most consistently creative and stimulating guitarist-composers on the
scene today.” — JAZZTIMES