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Brad Shepik | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Songlines
• ASIN: B00004RD1L
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,365 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars World currents in jazz, November 8, 2001

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LGwriter "SharpWitGuy" (Astoria, N.Y. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Well (Audio CD)

Brad Shepik, who also plays with Matt Darriau's Paradox Trio, here stretches out as a leader on electric and acoustic guitar, well complemented by Peter Epstein on sax, Michael Sarin on drums, Skuli Sverrison on bass, and Seido Salifoski on percussion. Sverrison, formerly with the groundbreaking Mo Boma, plays a Jaco Pastorius-influenced bass that makes the Middle Eastern-flavored compositions sing.

The instruments on hand here include the saz--an Arabic guitar--and the dumbek, a hand drum from the same culture. The blending of these with bass, drums, and sax makes for a great ethno-jazz album, one definitely worth listening to. Check out Shepik's other release in the same vein, The Loan. And while you're at it, listen to all the albums by Pachora!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wicked, October 3, 2001

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Ben (Columbus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Well (Audio CD)

This album is an excellent blend of Jazz and middle-eastern music. The songs are amazingly complex, but played with accurasy. Each musician is incedibly talented. They were even better when I saw them live.

4.0 out of 5 stars East meets West - 4.5*, December 18, 2008

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David J. Ohanlon "David J OHanlon" (Lilyfield, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Well (Audio CD)

Recorded in New York, this excellent set could easily have come straight out of north Africa or the Middle East.
Yet, apart from the saz & one or two percussion instruments, most of the instruments are very "western" & in this context it's a tribute to Shepik & saxophonist Peter Epstein in particular that everything has that eastern sound & "vibe".
Overall this is a highly enjoyable set where pretty much everything (except "Quiver of Veils" which is slightly disjointed & "Might Could" which is a delightful guitar solo piece) rolls along in mesmeric grooves with individual virtuosity to the fore. The withholding of half a star is only for the aforesaid "Quiver of Veils" & because the last track "The Flower & the Bee", in not really adding anything "new", is overly long at 14 minutes & perhaps could've been placed nearer the start of the album.
Nevertheless highly recommended