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<p><b>Chris Speed</b> (* <a href="1967" title="1967">1967</a> in <a href="Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, <a href="Washington_(Bundesstaat)" title="Washington (Bundesstaat)">Washington</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> Saxophonist (Sopran-, Bariton- und Tenorsaxophon) und <a href="Klarinette" title="Klarinette">Klarinettist</a> sowie <a href="Komponist" title="Komponist">Komponist</a> und Bandleader des <a href="Modern_Creative" title="Modern Creative">Creative Jazz</a> und der <a href="Neue_Improvisationsmusik" title="Neue Improvisationsmusik">freien Improvisation</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Chris Speed lernte ab dem fünften Lebensjahr klassisches Klavierspiel, ab dem elften Klarinette; in der Highschool begann er mit dem Spiel auf dem Tenorsaxophon. Er studierte Jazz am <a href="New_England_Conservatory_of_Music" title="New England Conservatory of Music">New England Conservatory of Music</a> in <a href="Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>.
1992 zog Speed nach <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> und war Leader bzw. Co-Leader verschiedener Formationen, zumeist mit dem Schlagzeuger <a href="Jim_Black" title="Jim Black">Jim Black</a> wie die Band <i>Pachora</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sowie das Ensemble <i>Human Feel</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> die Band <i>yeah NO</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> das Trio <i>Iffy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Des Weiteren arbeitete Speed in <a href="George_Schuller" title="George Schuller">George Schullers</a> Formation <i>Orange Then Blue</i>, mit den Künstlern der New Yorker <a href="Avantgarde_Jazz" class="mw-redirect" title="Avantgarde Jazz">Avant-Jazz</a>-Szene, wie <a href="Tim_Berne" title="Tim Berne">Tim Bernes</a> Band <i>Bloodcount</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="John_Hollenbeck" title="John Hollenbeck">John Hollenbecks</a> Formation <a href="The_Claudia_Quintet" title="The Claudia Quintet">The Claudia Quintet</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Jim_Black" title="Jim Black">Jim Blacks</a> Band <i>Alasnoaxis</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und der Formation <i>The Clarinets</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1996 arbeitete er mit <a href="John_Zorn" title="John Zorn">John Zorn</a> in dessen <i>Bar Kokhba</i>-Projekt mit, im Jahr 2000 bei <a href="Nils_Wogram" title="Nils Wogram">Nils Wograms</a> Album <i>Odd and Awkward</i> und <a href="Franz_Koglmann" title="Franz Koglmann">Franz Koglmanns</a> Album <i>Venus in Transit</i>.
</p><p>Chris Speed wirkte bei dem für einen <a href="Grammy" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy">Grammy</a> nominierten Album <i>A Blessing</i> des <i>John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble</i> mit; Speed spielte auch bei Aufnahmen von <a href="Myra_Melford" title="Myra Melford">Myra Melford</a> (<i>The Same River, Twice</i>, 1996), Michael Formanek (<i>Nature of the Beast</i> 1996; <i><a href="The_Distance" title="The Distance">The Distance</a></i> 2016), <a href="Jerry_Granelli" title="Jerry Granelli">Jerry Granelli</a>, <a href="James_Emery" title="James Emery">James Emery</a> 1997, <a href="Mark_Dresser" title="Mark Dresser">Mark Dresser</a>, <a href="Susie_Ibarra" title="Susie Ibarra">Susie Ibarra</a> 1999, <a href="Erik_Friedlander" title="Erik Friedlander">Erik Friedlander</a> 1996, <a href="Satoko_Fujii" title="Satoko Fujii">Satoko Fujii</a> und mehreren Alben von <a href="Dave_Douglas" title="Dave Douglas">Dave Douglas</a> mit, wie bei dessen vielbeachteten Album <i>In Our Lifetime</i> von 1994.
</p><p>Im Jahr 2006 war Speed an der Gründung des unabhängigen Jazzlabels <i>Skirl Records</i> beteiligt, das das musikalische Geschehen der <a href="Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyner</a> Jazzcommunity dokumentieren soll. Speed spielte auf den ersten Label-Veröffentlichungen, dem Album <i>The Clarinets</i> sowie auf <a href="Curtis_Hasselbring" title="Curtis Hasselbring">Curtis Hasselbrings</a> <i>The New Mellow Edwards</i> mit. 2011 entstand unter dem Jazzlabel das Album <i>Endangered Blood</i>, das er mit <a href="Jim_Black" title="Jim Black">Jim Black</a>, <a href="Oscar_Noriega" title="Oscar Noriega">Oscar Noriega</a> und <a href="Trevor_Dunn" title="Trevor Dunn">Trevor Dunn</a> einspielte. 2013 erschien <i>Work Your Magic</i> in derselben Besetzung. Mit <a href="Dave_King_(Schlagzeuger)" title="Dave King (Schlagzeuger)">Dave King</a> am Schlagzeug und <a href="Chris_Tordini" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Tordini">Chris Tordini</a> am akustischen Bass gründete er sein Trio, mit dem er seit 2014 die Alben <i>Really OK, Platinum on Tap</i> und <i>Respect for Your Toughness</i> aufnahm. Seit 2021 gehört er zum Quartett <a href="The_Bad_Plus" title="The Bad Plus">The Bad Plus</a> (<i><a href="Complex_Emotions" title="Complex Emotions">Complex Emotions</a></i>, 2024).
</p><p>2015 gewann Speed in den <a href="Down_Beat" title="Down Beat">Down Beat</a> Kritiker-Polls in der Kategorie „Rising Star“.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografische_Hinweise">Diskografische Hinweise</h2></div>
<p><b>Als Leader/Co-Leader</b>
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<ul><li>1997 – <i>Yeah No</i> (Songlines)</li>
<li>1999 – <i>Deviantics</i> (Songlines)</li>
<li>2000 – <i>Trio Iffy</i> (<a href="Knitting_Factory" title="Knitting Factory">Knitting Factory</a> Records)</li>
<li>2000 – <i>Emit</i> (Songlines)</li>
<li>2004 – <i>Swell Henry</i> (Squealer)</li>
<li>2006 – <i>The Clarinets</i> (Skirl)</li>
<li>2017 – <i>Platinum on Tap</i> (Intakt, mit Chris Tordini, Dave King)</li>
<li>2019 – <a href="Ben_Perowsky" title="Ben Perowsky">Ben Perowsky</a>, <a href="John_Medeski" title="John Medeski">John Medeski</a>, Chris Speed: <i><a href="Upstream_(Album)" title="Upstream (Album)">Upstream</a></i></li>
<li>2020 – <i><a href="Broken_Shadows_Live" title="Broken Shadows Live">Broken Shadows Live</a></i></li></ul>
<p><b>mit Pachora</b>
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<ul><li>1997 – <i>Pachora</i> (Knitting Factory Records)</li>
<li>1999 – <i>Unn</i> (Knitting Factory Records)</li>
<li>2000 – <i>Ast</i> (Knitting Factory Records)</li>
<li>2003 – <i>Astereotypical</i> (Winter & Winter)</li></ul>
<p><b>mit Human Feel</b>
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<ul><li>1989 – <i>Human Feel</i> (Human Use)</li>
<li>1992 – <i>Scatter</i> (<a href="GM_Recordings" title="GM Recordings">GM Recordings</a>)</li>
<li>1994 – <i>Welcome to Malpesta</i> (New World)</li>
<li>1996 – <i>Speak to It</i> (Songlines)</li>
<li>2007 – <i>Galore</i> (Skirl)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Richard_Cook" title="Richard Cook">Richard Cook</a>, <a href="Brian_Morton" title="Brian Morton">Brian Morton</a>: <i><a href="The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz" title="The Penguin Guide to Jazz">The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD</a>.</i> 6. Auflage. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chrisspeed.com/">Chris Speed Homepage</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.skirlrecords.com/">Skirl Records Homepage</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000964935"><span>Chris Speed</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Chris+Speed">Chris Speed</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anmerkungen">Anmerkungen</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">der auch <a href="Jim_Black" title="Jim Black">Jim Black</a>, <a href="Sk%C3%BAli_Sverrisson" title="Skúli Sverrisson">Skúli Sverrisson</a> und <a href="Brad_Shepik" title="Brad Shepik">Brad Shepik</a> angehörten</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit <a href="Andrew_D%E2%80%99Angelo" title="Andrew D’Angelo">Andrew D’Angelo</a>, Jim Black und <a href="Kurt_Rosenwinkel" title="Kurt Rosenwinkel">Kurt Rosenwinkel</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit Black, Sverrisson und <a href="Cuong_Vu" title="Cuong Vu">Cuong Vu</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit <a href="Ben_Perowsky" title="Ben Perowsky">Ben Perowsky</a> und <a href="Jamie_Saft" title="Jamie Saft">Jamie Saft</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">der Berne, Jim Black, <a href="Michael_Formanek" title="Michael Formanek">Michael Formanek</a> und gelegentlich <a href="Marc_Ducret" title="Marc Ducret">Marc Ducret</a> angehörten</span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit Hollenbeck, <a href="Matt_Moran" title="Matt Moran">Matt Moran</a>, <a href="Ted_Reichman" title="Ted Reichman">Ted Reichman</a> und <a href="Drew_Gress" title="Drew Gress">Drew Gress</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit Black, Sverrisson und <a href="Hilmar_Jensson" title="Hilmar Jensson">Hilmar Jensson</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">mit <a href="Oscar_Noriega" title="Oscar Noriega">Oscar Noriega</a> und Anthony Burr</span>
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