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'.
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 2013 – Shadow Man 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 2007 – Reason to Move with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog 2008 – Party Intellectuals 2013 – Your Turn 
