I love writing and learning new things in order to better educate those in need. I also enjoy hackathons and adventures around the world.
Ches Smith
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Genres
Jazz, Rock
Education
Mills College
Role
Musician · chessmith.com
Name
Ches Smith
Website
www.chessmith.com
Music groups
Secret Chiefs 3 (Since 2004)
Albums
Congs for Brums, Party Intellectuals, Bending Bridges, Saturn Sings, Angel Guts: Red Classroom
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Mary Halvorson, Tim Berne, Shahzad Ismaily, Marc Ribot, Ben Goldberg
The ches smith mary halvorson quartet september 2008
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, Theory of Ruin, 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). In 2010 he released Congs for Brums 'Noise to Men'.
Ches smith trio track 06 the stone nyc 10 10 12
Selected discography
Solo
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)
2014 – International Hoohah (ForTune)
with Tim Berne
2012 – Snakeoil (ECM)
2013 – Shadow Man (ECM)
2015 – You’ve Been Watching Me (ECM)
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
2013 – "Nina"
2012 – "Always"
2010 – "Dear God I Hate Myself"
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
2013 – Book Of Souls: Folio A
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/Evangelista
2011 – "In Animal Tongue"
2009 – "Prince of Truth"
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
