- Ches Smith
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Ches Smith is an American musician whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone. He writes and performs music in a wide variety of contexts, including solo percussion, experimental rock bands, and small and large jazz ensembles.
Smith has performed with Good For Cows, Marc Ribot, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Carla Bozulich, Beat Circus, Sean Hayes, Ben Goldberg, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Ara Anderson and Fred Frith.
He has also recorded and performed a full-length album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled Congs For Brums (2006).[1] In 2010 he released Congs for Brums 'Noise to Men'. [2]
Selected discography
- Solo
- 2006 – Congs For Brums
- 2010 – Noise for Men
- with Moe! Staiano
- 2001 – The Lateness of Yearly Presentations
- with Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!
- 2006 – An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein and Other Whereabouts
- 2007 - Two Rooms of Uranium Inside 83 Markers
- with Graham Connah
- 2001 – The Only Song We Know
- with Good For Cows
- 2001 – Good for Cows
- 2003 – Cows Less Than or Equal To
- 2004 – Bebop Fantasy
- 2008 – 10th Concert Anniversary
- 2010 – Audumla
- with Theory Of Ruin
- 2002 – Counter-Culture Nosebleed
- 2003 – Frontline Posterchild
- with Mitch Marcus Quintet
- 2002 – Entropious
- with Lou Harrison
- 2003 – Drums Along the Pacific
- with John Zorn
- 2003 – Voices in the Wilderness
- with Xiu Xiu
- 2008 - "Women as Lovers"
- 2007 - "Remixed and Covered" as Good for Cows
- 2005 - "La Foret"
- 2003 – A Promise
- 2002 - "Knife Play" with Greg Saunier
- with Secret Chiefs 3
- 2004 – Book of Horizons
- 2008 – Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
- with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant
- 2004 – Sister Phantom Owl Fish
- with Aaron Novik
- 2004 – Gubbish: Notations in Tonations
- 2006 - Kipple: "Flashes of Irrational Happiness"
- with Redressers
- 2004 – To Each According...
- with Carla Bozulich
- 2004 – I'm Gonna Stop Killing
- with Will Bernard Trio
- 2005 – Directions to My House
- with Fever Pitch
- 2005 – Just Drums 2 Project
- with Sean Hayes
- 2006 – Big Black Hole and the Little Baby Star
- with Todd Sickafoose
- 2006 – Blood Orange
- with Ben Goldberg Quintet
- 2006 – The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Fact
- with 7 Year Rabbit Cycle
- 2006 – Ache Horns
- with Fred Frith, Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff and Larry Ochs
- 2007 – Reason to Move
- with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
- 2008 - Party Intellectuals
References
- ^ Wetzel, Florence (2006-11-18). "CD/LP Review: Congs for Brums". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23393. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ Congs For Brums Noise to Men
External links
- Ches Smith homepage
- Ches Smith on DAZ.com
- Ches Smith at Allmusic
- Picture gallary at downtownmusic.net
Jamie Stewart · Ches Smith · Angela Seo
Cory McCulloch · Caralee McElroy · Lauren Andrews · Yvonne Chen · Devin Hoff · Sam Mickens · Jherek BischoffStudio albums Knife Play · A Promise · Fabulous Muscles · La Forêt · The Air Force · Women as Lovers · Dear God, I Hate MyselfCompilation albums Live albums EPs Split albums with This Song Is a Mess but So Am I · with Bunkbed · with Devendra Banhart · with Kill Me Tomorrow · with The Paper Chase · with The Dead Science · with W.S. BurnSingles "Fleshettes"Collaborations Related acts Categories:- American rock drummers
- American jazz drummers
- American percussionists
- American vibraphonists
- Living people
- American jazz drummer stubs
- American rock drummer stubs
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