Chris Speed 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; Human Feel; yeah NO (with Black, Sverrisson, and Cuong Vu); and Trio Iffy.

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  • Chris Speed 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; Human Feel; yeah NO (with Black, Sverrisson, and Cuong Vu); and Trio Iffy. The latter two groups predominantly feature Speed's compositions. Well-known avant-jazz groups Speed has performed with are Tim Berne's Bloodcount (with Berne, Jim Black, Michael Formanek, and sometimes Marc Ducret); John Hollenbeck's The Claudia Quintet; Jim Black's Alasnoaxis (with Black, Sverrisson, and Hilmar Jensson); and The Clarinets. Chris Speed performed on the Grammy-nominated album A Blessing, by the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble; and with Pachora contributed the track "Tirzah" to the Masada tribute album Voices in the Wilderness. He has also performed and/or recorded with Myra Melford, Mark Dresser, Susie Ibarra, Erik Friedlander, Satoko Fujii, Hank Roberts, and Dave Douglas. He has appeared on about 70-80 recordings since 1990. In 2006, Speed helped create Skirl Records, an independent record label that is described as "an artist-run collective documenting work by a Brooklyn-centered community of musicians channeling a vast array of ideas and experience into new music. " Speed appeared on two of Skirl's initial releases.
  • Chris Speed ist ein US-amerikanischer Saxophonist (Sopran-, Bariton- und Tenorsaxophon) und Klarinettist sowie Komponist und Bandleader des Creative Jazz und der freien Improvisation.
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  • Chris Speed 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; Human Feel; yeah NO (with Black, Sverrisson, and Cuong Vu); and Trio Iffy.
  • Chris Speed ist ein US-amerikanischer Saxophonist (Sopran-, Bariton- und Tenorsaxophon) und Klarinettist sowie Komponist und Bandleader des Creative Jazz und der freien Improvisation.
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