Yeah No, with Chris Speed and Jim Black
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Yeah No, with Chris Speed and Jim Black
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When Chris Speed formed Yeah No in the late 1990s, there was no lane for its hybrid style, which drew from both post-punk and post-bop, with shoegaze and Balkan klezmer folded into the mix. Speed, a multi-reedist, had intrepid partners in trumpeter Cuong Vu, bassist Skúli Sverrisson and drummer Jim Black — each a sonic visionary, and all committed to a shared band ideal.
Since then, the musicians have pursued other projects in far-flung locales. So it felt momentous this spring when Yeah No kicked off a reunion tour at Solar Myth under the auspices of Ars Nova Workshop, whose inaugural show the band played more than 25 years ago.
Before the performance, Speed and Black sat down for an onstage interview with Nate Chinen, whose history with the band stretches back to that era.
Chapters- 00:00 — Intro
- 07:00 — Interview with Chris Speed and Jim Black
- 42:30 — “This I Dig”
Special thanks to Beau Gordon, Mark Christman and the folks at Ars Nova Workshop and Solar Myth.
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