Brad Shepik - Believers '2020

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Seven Crotales
02. Baraye Shoma
03. Nomadic Days
04. The Sigh
05. Waterwheel
06. Reve Pour Louis
07. Fractured Water
08. Mona Mona (Armenian Traditional)

Believers is a world-influenced jazz/fusion trio that brings together three
musicians who have spent years performing music on the borders of jazz, fusion
and world music. Guitarist Brad Shepik has performed with Paul Motian and Yuri
Yunakov. Percussionist John Hadfield has toured and recorded with Nguyen Le and
Kinan Azmeh. Bassist Sam Minaie has spent time in the bands of Tigran Hamasyan
and Melody Gardot. Though their influences are global, their aesthetic is rooted
in jazz, blues, rock and the art of improvisation. Their collective compositions
are influenced by diverse musical traditions such as Balkan music, South Indian
Carnatic music, and North and West African folk music.

"In late 2018 Joel Harrison invited me to perform at the Alternative Guitar
Summit concert honoring Ralph Towner. Ralph’s music has had a huge
influence on my playing and writing since I studied composition with him in the
late 80’s while attending Cornish College of the Arts. For the concert I
wanted to highlight how Ralph’s music could work in a guitar trio format
since much of his music is written for solo guitar or the incredible quartet,
Oregon. I had played for a few years with both John and Sam in different
situations but they had yet to meet or play together. I felt they would really
hit it off musically and this would be a great opportunity. We performed
“The Sigh” and “Water Wheel” at the concert for Ralph on
March 24, 2019. As soon as we started playing I immediately knew that I wanted
to try playing our original music with this trio. Within weeks we found
ourselves in the studio, recording what would become this album."

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