{"product_id":"sglsa15762-human-activity-suite","title":"Human Activity Suite","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003eVersatile guitarist-composer Brad Shepik conveys his response to global climate change in pieces that encompass influences from Turkish music to post-bop, in the company of top-flight New York players Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress and Tom Rainey.\r\n\u003cem\u003e- Mark Werlin\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" up outside seattle in the and brad shepik spent a lot of time outdoors hiking camping skiing fly fishing sailing. later as new york based guitarist fascinated by traditional world music he traveled bali morocco middle east south america europe experiencing natural beauty cultures those places. human activity sounding response to climate change is personal statement about his concern for our wanted connect my musical expression how i felt earth environment we are creating ourselves result live. idea do that had been brewing me long time. commissioned chamber suite was premiered recorded june among most versatile distinctive guitarists generation having extensively leader performed with joey baron dave douglas carla bley paul motian. equally acclaimed work various styles world-jazz groups such pachora tridruga paradox trio yuri yunakov bulgarian wedding band own commuters well oud violin virtuoso simon shaheen. conceived then-current working you go songlines plus trumpet bass. instrumentation offered an expanded palette develop would listener on journey around globe focus these issues affect us people living rather than nation. basic concept write piece each seven continents other pieces factors effects carbon desertification changing ocean currents. but moves beyond its programmatic framework embrace vision without can one term cover range sound when use it referring folk indigenous certain area transmitted through mostly oral tradition. meet musicians lovers from different parts who listen informed everything under sun ultimately all gets filtered sensibility. think assume expressing something sub- or verbal no matter what program attach it. jazz improvise tell story. tried set situations within context individual movements. great improvisers they brought project life their creative powers. recording whose open-hearted variety humor broad stylistic reach artist appeal engage global thinking living. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" suite:=\"\" future:=\"\" borders:=\"\"\u003eGrowing up outside Seattle in the 1970s and ’80s, \u003cstrong\u003eBrad Shepik\u003c\/strong\u003e spent a lot of time outdoors, hiking, camping, skiing, fly fishing and sailing. Later, as a New York based guitarist fascinated by traditional world music, he traveled in Bali, Morocco, the middle East, South America, and Europe, experiencing the natural beauty and cultures of those places. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHuman Activity Suite: Sounding a Response to Climate Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a personal statement about his concern for our future: “I wanted to connect my musical expression to how I felt about the earth and the environment we are creating for ourselves as a result of how we live. The idea to do that had been brewing in me for a long time.” Commissioned by Chamber Music America, the suite was premiered and recorded in New York in June 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\r\n\r\nShepik is among the most versatile and distinctive guitarists of his generation, having recorded extensively as a leader and performed and recorded with Joey Baron, Dave Douglas, Carla Bley and Paul Motian. He is equally acclaimed for his work in various styles of world-jazz with groups such as Pachora, Tridruga, the Paradox Trio, Yuri Yunakov’s Bulgarian Wedding Band, and his own band the Commuters, as well as with oud and violin virtuoso Simon Shaheen. Shepik conceived Human Activity Suite for his then-current working trio (Places You Go, Songlines) plus trumpet and bass. The instrumentation offered an expanded palette to develop music that would “take the listener on a journey around the globe, and focus on how these issues affect us as people living on the earth rather than people living in a nation.\"\r\n\r\nThe basic concept was to write a piece for each of the seven continents, and other pieces about factors and effects of climate change such as carbon, desertification, and changing ocean currents. But the suite moves beyond its programmatic framework to embrace Brad’s vision of a musical world without borders: “How can one term, ‘world music,’ cover such a range of human expression in sound? When I use it I’m referring to folk music that is indigenous to a certain area and transmitted through mostly an oral tradition. But I meet musicians and music lovers from different parts of the world who listen to and are informed by everything under the sun…. Ultimately it all gets filtered through my own sensibility. I think we can assume that music is expressing something sub- or beyond verbal, no matter what program we attach to it. And in jazz we improvise, we tell our own story. I tried to set up situations for that, within the context of the individual movements. My musicians are all great improvisers, and they brought the project to life through their creative powers.” The result is a recording whose open-hearted beauty, variety, humor and broad stylistic reach is one artist’s appeal to engage in global thinking and living.\r\n\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{\" up outside seattle in the and brad shepik spent a lot of time outdoors hiking camping skiing fly fishing sailing. later as new york based guitarist fascinated by traditional world music he traveled bali morocco middle east south america europe experiencing natural beauty cultures those places. human activity sounding response to climate change is personal statement about his concern for our wanted connect my musical expression how i felt earth environment we are creating ourselves result live. idea do that had been brewing me long time. commissioned chamber suite was premiered recorded june among most versatile distinctive guitarists generation having extensively leader performed with joey baron dave douglas carla bley paul motian. equally acclaimed work various styles world-jazz groups such pachora tridruga paradox trio yuri yunakov bulgarian wedding band own commuters well oud violin virtuoso simon shaheen. conceived then-current working you go songlines plus trumpet bass. instrumentation offered an expanded palette develop would listener on journey around globe focus these issues affect us people living rather than nation. basic concept write piece each seven continents other pieces factors effects carbon desertification changing ocean currents. but moves beyond its programmatic framework embrace vision without can one term cover range sound when use it referring folk indigenous certain area transmitted through mostly oral tradition. meet musicians lovers from different parts who listen informed everything under sun ultimately all gets filtered sensibility. think assume expressing something sub- or verbal no matter what program attach it. jazz improvise tell story. tried set situations within context individual movements. great improvisers they brought project life their creative powers. recording whose open-hearted variety humor broad stylistic reach artist appeal engage global thinking living. data-sheets-userformat=\"{\" suite:=\"\" future:=\"\" borders:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrad Shepik\u003c\/strong\u003e, electric \u0026amp; acoustic guitars, tambura, electric sax\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eRalph Alessi\u003c\/strong\u003e, trumpet\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eGary Versace\u003c\/strong\u003e, piano, organ, accordion\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrew Gress\u003c\/strong\u003e, bass\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eTom Rainey\u003c\/strong\u003e, drums\r\n\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Songlines Recordings","offers":[{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740415865156,"sku":"SGLSA15762-15","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740415897924,"sku":"SGLSA15762-16","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740415930692,"sku":"SGLSA15762-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740415963460,"sku":"SGLSA15762-18","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740415996228,"sku":"SGLSA15762-19","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 512 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740416028996,"sku":"SGLSA15762-21","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56740416061764,"sku":"SGLSA15762-22","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DXD 24 Bit \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56740416094532,"sku":"SGLSA15762-23","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57342752981316,"sku":"SGLSA15762-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342753014084,"sku":"SGLSA15762S1417","price":28.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 128 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342753046852,"sku":"SGLSA15762S1517","price":30.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 256 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57342753079620,"sku":"SGLSA15762S1617","price":34.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/SGLSA15762.jpg?v=1778497271","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/sglsa15762-human-activity-suite","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}