Ches Smith

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

Ches Smith
Background information
BornUSA
GenresJazz, Rock
Websitewww.chessmith.com

He 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]

Discography

Ches Smith.

As leader/co-leader

  • 2006 – Congs for Brums
  • 2010 – Noise for Men
  • 2010 – Finally out of my Hands (Skirl)
  • 2013 – Hammered (Clean Feed)
  • 2014 – International Hoohah (ForTune)
  • 2016 - The Bell (ECM)

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
with Xiu Xiu
  • 2002 – Knife Play with Greg Saunier
  • 2003 – A Promise
  • 2005 – La Foret
  • 2007 – Remixed and Covered as Good for Cows
  • 2008 – Women as Lovers
  • 2010 – Dear God I Hate Myself
  • 2012 – Always
  • 2013 – Nina
with Secret Chiefs 3
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
  • 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

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
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