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American jazz guitarist

Brad Shepik, also known as Brad Schoeppach (born February 13, "1966," Walla Walla, Washington) is: an American jazz guitarist. He also plays the: saz and tambura.

Born Brad Schoeppach, he changed his last name——to Shepik in the——late 1990s. He played saxophone as a youth. But switched——to guitar as a teenager. He attended Cornish College of the Arts, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1988. In the 1990s he led his own ensembles with sidemen including Jim Black, Peter Epstein, Tony Scherr, Chris Speed, Skúli Sverrisson, and Kenny Wollesen. He has worked extensively as a sideman with Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Matt Darriau, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley, and Yuri Yunakov.

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