Gordon McChesney "Ches" Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and
vibraphone
The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...
.
He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs for Brums'' (2006). In 2010 he released ''Noise to Men''.
Discography
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)
As sideman
;with
Tim Berne
Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones.
Biography
Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...
*2012 – ''
Snakeoil
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'' (ECM)
*2013 – ''
Shadow Man'' (ECM)
*2015 – ''
You've Been Watching Me
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*2015 – ''Spare'' (Screwgun)
*2017 – ''
Incidentals
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*2020 – ''The Fantastic Mrs. 10'' (Intakt)
*2020 – ''The Deceptive 4 (Live)'' (Intakt)
*2022 - ''Decay'' (Screwgun)
;with
Trevor Dunn
Trevor Roy Dunn (born January 30, 1968) is an American composer, bass guitarist, and double bassist. He came to prominence in the 1990s with the experimental band Mr. Bungle. While performing with Mr. Bungle, Dunn would dress similar to the ...
's
trio-convulsant
*2004 – ''
Sister Phantom Owl Fish
''Sister Phantom Owl Fish'' is an album by bassist Trevor Dunn's band trio-convulsant which was released in 2004 on the Ipecac label.
Reception
On Allmusic, Sean Westergaard observed "The music they play is not so much a fusion of styles as it ...
'' (Ipecac)
;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
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*2003 – ''
Voices in the Wilderness
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'' (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
*2002 – ''
Knife Play'' with
Greg Saunier
*2003 – ''
A Promise''
*2005 – ''
La Foret''
*2007 – ''
Remixed and Covered'' as
Good for Cows
*2008 – ''
Women as Lovers
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''
*2010 – ''
Dear God I Hate Myself''
*2012 – ''
Always
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*2013 – ''
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*National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq
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''
;with
David Torn
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Background
Torn has contributed to recordings by artists as diverse ...
*2019 – ''Sun Of Goldfinger'' (ECM)
*2020 – ''Sun Of Goldfinger (Congratulations to You)'' (Screwgun)
*2022 - ''Ozmir'' (Screwgun)
;with
Secret Chiefs 3
Secret Chiefs 3 (or SC3) is an American avant-garde group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance (of Mr. Bungle and formerly, Faith No More). Their studio recordings and tours have featured different lineups, as the group performs a wide range ...
*2004 – ''
''
*2008 – ''
Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9''
*2013 – ''
Book Of Souls: Folio A''
*2019 – ''
The Book Beri'ah Vol 10—Malkhut''
;with
Aaron Novik
Aaron Novik (born July 21, 1974) is an American composer, clarinetist and bandleader based in San FranciscoHe is involved with the Bay Area Improv Scene and is a member of Edmund Welles The Bass Clarinet Quartet which was a 2004 recipient of a N ...
*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
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Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
, Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff and
Larry Ochs
*2007 – ''Reason to Move''
;with
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
*2008 – ''
Party Intellectuals
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Reception
Response was generally positive, with Metacritic assigning the al ...
''
*2013 – ''
Your Turn
''Your Turn'' is a studio album by American guitarist Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog which was released in April 2013 on Northern Spy Records.
Reception
Metacritic assigned album an aggregate score of 88 out of 100 based on 5 critical reviews. The All ...
''
*2018 – ''
YRU Still Here?''
;with
Leonid Fedorov,
Vladimir Volkov
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Club career Early career
Born in Serbian capital Belgrade, ,
John Medeski,
Marc Ribot
*2010 – ''
RazinRimILev''
;with
Dave Holland
*2018 – ''
Uncharted Territories''
;with
Moonface
*2018 – ''This One's for the Dancer & This One's for the Dancer's Bouquet''
References
External links
Ches Smith homepage
*
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American rock drummers
American jazz drummers
American percussionists
American vibraphonists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant members