Chris Speed

Chris Speed is an American jazz saxophonist and clarinettist who began his career in the 1990s and became active in the New York downtown improvising scene, working across jazz, avant-garde and chamber-music contexts. His work blends composed and improvised approaches, drawing on elements of free improvisation, folk and rock and spanning small-group and ensemble-based projects within the contemporary creative-music scene.

Releases

Yeah NoNo artwork
Yeah No
DevianticsNo artwork
Deviantics
IffyNo artwork
Iffy
EmitNo artwork
Emit
Swell Henry
Swell Henry
Walk SongsNo artwork
Walk Songs
JugendstilNo artwork
Jugendstil
Midnight Lilacs
Midnight Lilacs
Really OKNo artwork
Really OK
RuinsNo artwork
Ruins
Focus!No artwork
Focus!
Upstream
Upstream
Plain
Plain
Light LineNo artwork
Light Line

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