Saying 'Yeah' to jazz

Jazz and punk rock may seem like opposite ends of the musical spectrum, but to drummer Brian Chase, switching between genres is all in a day’s work.

“It basically comes down to music as expression, and I often see it in terms of language,” says the drummer best known for his work with New York art-punk trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs. “Just as different languages can express the same concept, in music, you can ask, how does the sentiment ‘I love you’ get expressed in Indie Pop, or ‘60s R&B, or 19th century classical music? It becomes a matter of understanding different languages.”