Sorry this part has no English translation

Guitarist/Composer Brad Shepik was born in Walla Walla, Washington in 1966 and raised in Seattle. His first clear experience of being enthralled by music was hearing the Beatles\\\\\\\' Abbey Road at the age of 5. At around 10 years old he began playing his father\\\\\\\'s guitar. He played guitar and saxophone in school bands and attended Cornish College of the Arts for two-and-a-half years, where he studied with Jerry Granelli, Julian Priester, Dave Peck, James Knapp, Dave Peterson and Ralph Towner. In 1990 Shepik moved to New York, diving head first into the music scene. He quickly met like-minded musicians and became involved in the creation of several groups to form the nucleus of a loose collective of improvising musicians who were into experimenting and playing each other\\\\\\\'s music, as well as different folk music, including Balkan and Eastern European music. Out of this environment was born numerous groups which Shepik continues to perform with today, including Dave Douglas\\\\\\\' Tiny Bell Trio, Matt Darriau\\\\\\\'s Paradox Trio, Pachora, and Joey Baron\\\\\\\'s Killer Joey. In 1991, guitarist Bill Frisell recommended Shepik to veteran drummer Paul Motian for his Electric Be Bop Band, which Shepik toured and recorded with for five years. Shepik\\\\\\\'s own projects include the Brad Shepik Group (ex-Commuters) with two records on the Songlines label, and the Brad Shepik Trio with Scott Colley (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums), which has been recording on Knitting Factory records. (Pressetext)