Chris Speed
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Speed at Moers Festival in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1967 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Avant-garde jazz, free jazz, free improvisation |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Saxophone, clarient |
| Labels | Skirl |
| Associated acts | Pachora, Human Feel, The Clarinets, yeah NO, Endangered Blood, Trio Iffy |
| Website | www |
Chris Speed (born Seattle, Washington, 1967) is an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
He studied classical piano from the age of five, and began clarinet at eleven. In high school he took up the tenor saxophone and began studying jazz. He later attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Speed has lived in New York City since 1992.
He leads or co-leads the groups Pachora (with Jim Black, Skúli Sverrisson, and Brad Shepik); Human Feel (with Andrew D'Angelo, Black, and Kurt Rosenwinkel); The Clarinets (with Oscar Noriega and Anthony Burr), yeah NO (with Black, Sverrisson, and Cuong Vu); Trio Iffy (with Ben Perowsky and Jamie Saft), Endangered Blood (with Black, Noriega and Trevor Dunn) and the Chris Speed Trio (with Dave King and Chris Tordini). The latter groups predominantly feature Speed's compositions.
Speed has performed with the avant-garde jazz groups Bloodcount (Tim Berne, Jim Black, Michael Formanek, and sometimes Marc Ducret); The Claudia Quintet (John Hollenbeck, Matt Moran, Ted Reichman, and Drew Gress); Alasnoaxis (Jim Black, Sverrisson, and Hilmar Jensson); and Heroic Frenzies (Craig Taborn, Dave King, and Chris Lightcap).
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