Ches Smith

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

Ches Smith
Background information
Birth nameGordon McChesney Smith
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
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gollark: Capital Letters Directly Imply Correctness And/Or Goodness, As They Say.

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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