YEAH NO

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USAChris Speed – tenor saxophone, clarinetCuong Vu – trumpetSkúli Sverrisson – bassJim Black - drums“Yeah no” is not a “yes-no”. It rather means: “I understand what you’re saying, but I disagree.” This suits this quartet, which since its founding in New York in 1997 has been dedicated to an authentic and uncompromising interpretation of the idea of freedom in jazz. Led by saxophonist and clarinetist Chris Speed, drummer Jim Black, trumpeter Cuong Vu, and bassist Skúli Sverrisson torpedo expectations, confidently jumping back and forth between jazz and rock, folk traditions and minimalism, sometimes droning as in the funeral march for the Latin pianist “Eddie Cano”, sometimes threatening as in the folky “Camper Giorno”, often droll (and out) as in the melody massacre “He Has A Pair Of Dice”.