world-improv guitar
"...Shepp's unique style can't be put into one box; you'd need 20!"
world-improv guitar
"...Shepp's unique style can't be put into one box; you'd need 20!"
About Shepp
Richard “Shepp” Sheppard, Guitar, comes from southern New Jersey. He attended the Berklee School of Music, studied guitar and composition with Pat Martino in Philadelphia, studied composition and aesthetics with Dr. Frank Haas in Vineland, NJ and studied guitar with Attilla Zoller in Southern Vermont.
He has taught guitar, composition, and music theory as a faculty member of Bennington College (Bennington, Vermont) and Pittsfield Community Music School (Pittsfield, Massachusetts).
He has performed and done shows with many different artists. Among these are , Wierd-Al Yankovic, Rick Danko, Hot Tuna, and Vassar Clements and Buddy Cage of the New Riders of the Purple Sage to name just a few as well as played and has been a featured performer at major festivals like the Newport Jazz Festival, The Cape May Jazz Festival and Muzicfest Bethlehem PA to name just a few,
His passion for Gypsy music and love for the guitar in general has lead him towards his own unique style of guitar playing he calls "World Improv Guitar". This is what drew him to form the "Flamenco Gypsy Swing" group, Ameranouche. for which he has written music for and produced 5 CD collections. He has written hundreds of other compositions and continues to invest his time in the evolution of Ameranouche www.ameranouche.com. as well music for other creative outlets.
"Music/Art happens in the collage of condition as now and always".
Shepp is an endorser of DRH guitars (Dan Robert Hunt) of Worchester MA DRH Guitars | Facebook and John Pearse strings. Breezy Ridge Instruments Home Page, John Pearse ® strings and accessories (jpstrings.com)
