Chris Speed

Four years ago, Reid Anderson and Dave King rebooted The Bad Plus with a new pianist, Orrin Evans. Now they're reinventing the band as a pianoless quartet, with Chris Speed on sax and Ben Monder on guitar.

Take Five features sonic adventure in myriad forms — all of the above, plus the collective Broken Shadows.

Broken Shadows — the collective made up of saxophonists Tim Berne and Chris Speed, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer David King — released a self-titled album in 2019. Here's a video outtake from their sessions.

New Year’s Eve is always an epic night for music in New York City, if you don’t mind spending a little extra (or maybe more than a little) and wading…

Woody Shaw and Louis Hayes, “What’s New?”A little over 40 years ago, trumpeter Woody Shaw and drummer Louis Hayes formed a band with the stated intention…