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'''Ches Smith''' is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and [[vibraphone]].
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He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs for Brums'' (2006).<ref>{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: Congs for Brums |first=Florence|last=Wetzel |publisher=All About Jazz| url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23393 |date =2006-11-18 |access-date=2010-09-24}}</ref> In 2010 he released ''Noise to Men''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessmith.com/noisetomen.html|title=Congs For Brums Noise to Men|website=Chessmith.com|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>
'''Ches Smith''' is an [[United States|American]] musician whose primary instruments are [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|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.


== Biography ==
Smith has performed with Good For Cows, [[Marc Ribot]], Theory of Ruin, [[Mr. Bungle]], [[Secret Chiefs 3]], [[Xiu Xiu]], [[Trevor Dunn]]'s Trio-Convulsant, [[Carla Bozulich]], [[Beat Circus]], [[Sean Hayes (musician)|Sean Hayes]], [[Ben Goldberg]], 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, [[Ara Anderson]] and [[Fred Frith]].
Smith was born in [[San Diego]], [[California]], and raised in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ches Smith bio |url=https://jazzinfo.org/artist/ches-smith |access-date=2024-06-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> After studying philosophy at the [[University of Oregon]], he moved to the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in 1995.<ref name=":0" /> He studied composition, improvisation and percussion with [[Fred Frith]], [[Pauline Oliveros]], [[William Winant]] and [[Alvin Curran]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1999, he toured with [[Mr. Bungle]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2019 |title=A series of interviews about Mr. Bungle's 'California' PART 2 |url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2019/07/a-series-of-interviews-about-mr-bungles_18.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102202326/https://faithnomorefollowers.com/2019/07/a-series-of-interviews-about-mr-bungles_18.html |archive-date=2 November 2019 |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=faithnomorefollowers |language=en-GB}}</ref>


==Discography==
He has also recorded and performed a full-length album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs For Brums'' (2006).<ref>{{cite web|title =CD/LP Review: Congs for Brums |first=Florence|last=Wetzel |publisher=All About Jazz| url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=23393 |date =2006-11-18 |accessdate =2010-09-24}}</ref> In 2010 he released Congs for Brums 'Noise to Men'.<ref>[http://www.chessmith.com/noisetomen.html Congs For Brums Noise to Men]</ref>
[[Image:ches-smith01.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.35|Ches Smith.]]

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===As leader/co-leader===
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*2006 – ''Congs for Brums'' (Free Porcupine Society)
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*2010 – ''Noise to Men'' (Self Released)
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*2010 – ''Finally Out of My Hands'' (Skirl)
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*2012 – ''Psycho Predictions'' (88)
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==Selected discography==
;Solo [[Image:ches-smith01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ches Smith. Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson]]
*2006 – ''Congs For Brums''
*2010 – ''Noise for Men''

;with Ches Smith Trio (Craig Taborn and Mat Maneri)
*2016 - ''The Bell'' (ECM)

;with These Arches
*2010 – ''Finally out of my Hands'' (Skirl)
*2013 – ''Hammered'' (Clean Feed)
*2013 – ''Hammered'' (Clean Feed)
*2014 – ''International Hoohah'' (ForTune)
*2014 – ''International Hoohah'' (ForTune)
*2016 – ''The Bell'' (ECM)
*2018 – ''A Complete and Tonal Disaster'' (Self Released)
*2021 – ''Path of Seven Colors'' (Pyroclastic)
*2022 – ''Interpret It Well'' (Pyroclastic)
*2024 – ''Laugh Ash'' (Pyroclastic)


===As sideman===
;with [[Tim Berne]]
;with [[Tim Berne]]
*2012 – ''[[Snakeoil (album)|Snakeoil]]'' (ECM)
*2012 – ''[[Snakeoil (album)|Snakeoil]]'' (ECM)
*2013 – ''[[Shadow Man (Tim Berne album)|Shadow Man]]'' (ECM)
*2013 – ''[[Shadow Man (Tim Berne album)|Shadow Man]]'' (ECM)
*2015 – ''[[You've Been Watching Me]]'' (ECM)
*2015 – ''[[You've Been Watching Me]]'' (ECM)
*2015 – ''Spare'' (Screwgun)
*2017 – ''[[Incidentals]]'' (ECM)
*2017 – ''[[Incidentals]]'' (ECM)
*2020 – ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' (Intakt)
*2020 – ''The Deceptive 4 (Live)'' (Intakt)
*2022 - ''Decay'' (Screwgun)

;with [[Trevor Dunn]]'s [[Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant|trio-convulsant]]
*2004 – ''[[Sister Phantom Owl Fish]]'' (Ipecac)


'''With [[Trevor Dunn]]'s [[Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant|trio-convulsant]]'''
*''[[Sister Phantom Owl Fish]]'' (Ipecac, 2004)
;with Moe! Staiano
;with Moe! Staiano
*2001 – ''The Lateness of Yearly Presentations''
*2001 – ''The Lateness of Yearly Presentations''
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;with [[John Zorn]]
;with [[John Zorn]]
*2003 – ''[[Voices in the Wilderness]]''
*2003 – ''[[Voices in the Wilderness]]'' (Tzadik)
*2016 – ''The Painted Bird'' (Tzadik)
*2018 – ''The Urmuz Epigrams'' (Tzadik)
*2018 – ''In a Convex Mirror'' (Tzadik)
*2020 – ''Les Maudits'' (Tzadik)
*2021 – ''Heaven and Earth Magick'' (Tzadik)
*2022 – ''Incerto'' (Tzadik)
*2022 – ''Suite For Piano'' (Tzadik)


;with [[Xiu Xiu]]
;with [[Xiu Xiu]]
*2002 – ''Knife Play'' with [[Greg Saunier]]
*2002 – ''[[Knife Play]]'' with [[Greg Saunier]]
*2003 – ''A Promise''
*2003 – ''[[A Promise (Xiu Xiu album)|A Promise]]''
*2005 – ''La Foret''
*2005 – ''[[La Forêt (album)|La Foret]]''
*2007 – ''Remixed and Covered'' as Good for Cows
*2007 – ''[[Remixed & Covered|Remixed and Covered]]'' as [[Good for Cows]]
*2008 – ''Women as Lovers''
*2008 – ''[[Women as Lovers (album)|Women as Lovers]]''
*2010 – ''Dear God I Hate Myself''
*2010 – ''[[Dear God, I Hate Myself|Dear God I Hate Myself]]''
*2012 – ''[[Always (Xiu Xiu album)|Always]]''
*2012 – ''[[Always (Xiu Xiu album)|Always]]''
*2013 – ''[[Nina (Xiu Xiu album)|Nina]]''
*2013 – ''[[Nina (Xiu Xiu album)|Nina]]''

;with [[David Torn]]
*2019 – ''Sun Of Goldfinger'' (ECM)
*2020 – ''Sun Of Goldfinger (Congratulations to You)'' (Screwgun)
*2022 - ''Ozmir'' (Screwgun)


;with [[Secret Chiefs 3]]
;with [[Secret Chiefs 3]]
*2004 – ''[[Book of Horizons]]''
*2004 – ''[[Book of Horizons]]''
*2008 – ''[[Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9]]''
*2008 – ''[[Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9]]''
*2013 – ''[[Book Of Souls: Folio A]]''
*2013 – ''[[Book of Souls: Folio A]]''
*2019 – ''[[The Book Beri'ah Vol 10—Malkhut]]''

;with [[Trevor Dunn]]'s Trio–Convulsant
*2004 – ''Sister Phantom Owl Fish''


;with [[Aaron Novik]]
;with [[Aaron Novik]]
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*2008 – ''[[Party Intellectuals]]''
*2008 – ''[[Party Intellectuals]]''
*2013 – ''[[Your Turn]]''
*2013 – ''[[Your Turn]]''
*2018 – ''[[YRU Still Here?]]''
*2020 - What I Did On My Long 'Vacation'
*2021 - Hope
*2023 - Connection


;with [[:ru:Фёдоров,_Леонид_Валентинович|Leonid Fedorov]], [[:ru:Волков,_Владимир_Александрович|Vladimir Volkov]], [[John Medeski]], [[Marc Ribot]]
;with [[:ru:Фёдоров, Леонид Валентинович|Leonid Fedorov]], [[:ru:Волков, Владимир Александрович|Vladimir Volkov]], [[John Medeski]], [[Marc Ribot]]
*2010 – ''[[:ru:Разинримилев|RazinRimILev]]''
*2010 – ''[[:ru:Разинримилев|RazinRimILev]]''


;with [[Dave Holland]]
;with [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]]
*2018 – ''[[Uncharted Territories]]''
*2018 – ''[[Uncharted Territories]]''

;with [[Spencer Krug|Moonface]]
*2018 – ''This One's for the Dancer & This One's for the Dancer's Bouquet''


==References==
==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927152754/http://daz.com/artists/Ches%20Smith.html Ches Smith on DAZ.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927152754/http://daz.com/artists/Ches%20Smith.html Ches Smith on DAZ.com]
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p544962|label=Ches Smith}}
*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p544962|label=Ches Smith}}
*[http://www.downtownmusic.net/pictures/picturesrhtml/Ches_Smith/default.htm Picture gallary at downtownmusic.net]
*[http://www.downtownmusic.net/pictures/picturesrhtml/Ches_Smith/default.htm Picture gallery at downtownmusic.net]


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Revision as of 22:03, 20 October 2024

Ches Smith
Background information
Birth nameGordon McChesney Smith
BornSan Diego, California, United States
OriginSacramento, California, United States
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
  • vibraphone
Websitechessmith.com

Ches Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone.

He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled Congs for Brums (2006).[1] In 2010 he released Noise to Men.[2]

Biography

Smith was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Sacramento.[3] After studying philosophy at the University of Oregon, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995.[3] He studied composition, improvisation and percussion with Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, William Winant and Alvin Curran.[3] In 1999, he toured with Mr. Bungle.[4]

Discography

Ches Smith.

As leader/co-leader

  • 2006 – Congs for Brums (Free Porcupine Society)
  • 2010 – Noise to Men (Self Released)
  • 2010 – Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl)
  • 2012 – Psycho Predictions (88)
  • 2013 – Hammered (Clean Feed)
  • 2014 – International Hoohah (ForTune)
  • 2016 – The Bell (ECM)
  • 2018 – A Complete and Tonal Disaster (Self Released)
  • 2021 – Path of Seven Colors (Pyroclastic)
  • 2022 – Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic)
  • 2024 – Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic)

As sideman

with Tim Berne
with Trevor Dunn's trio-convulsant
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 (Tzadik)
  • 2016 – The Painted Bird (Tzadik)
  • 2018 – The Urmuz Epigrams (Tzadik)
  • 2018 – In a Convex Mirror (Tzadik)
  • 2020 – Les Maudits (Tzadik)
  • 2021 – Heaven and Earth Magick (Tzadik)
  • 2022 – Incerto (Tzadik)
  • 2022 – Suite For Piano (Tzadik)
with Xiu Xiu
with David Torn
  • 2019 – Sun Of Goldfinger (ECM)
  • 2020 – Sun Of Goldfinger (Congratulations to You) (Screwgun)
  • 2022 - Ozmir (Screwgun)
with Secret Chiefs 3
with Aaron Novik
  • 2004 – Gubbish: Notations in Tonations
  • 2006 – Kipple: Flashes of Irrational Happiness
with Redressers
  • 2004 – To Each According...
with Carla Bozulich/Evangelista
  • 2009 – Prince of Truth
  • 2011 – In Animal Tongue
  • 2014 – 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
with Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov, John Medeski, Marc Ribot
with Dave Holland
with Moonface
  • 2018 – This One's for the Dancer & This One's for the Dancer's Bouquet

References

  1. ^ Wetzel, Florence (2006-11-18). "CD/LP Review: Congs for Brums". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  2. ^ "Congs For Brums Noise to Men". Chessmith.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  3. ^ a b c "Ches Smith bio". Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ^ "A series of interviews about Mr. Bungle's 'California' PART 2". faithnomorefollowers. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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