Ches Smith

Ches Smith
Background information
Born
Gordon McChesney Smith

San Diego, California, United States
OriginSacramento, California, United States
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Websitechessmith.com

Ches Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums and percussion.

He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled Congs for Brums (2006). In 2010 he released Noise to Men.

Biography

Smith was born in San Diego, California, and raised in Sacramento. After studying philosophy at the University of Oregon, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995. He studied composition, improvisation and percussion with Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, William Winant and Alvin Curran. In 1999, he toured with Mr. Bungle.

Discography

Ches Smith.

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

with Tim Berne
with Trevor Dunn's trio-convulsant
with Mary Halvorson
with Moe! Staiano
with Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!
with Graham Connah
with Good For Cows
with Theory Of Ruin
with Mitch Marcus Quintet
with Lou Harrison
with John Zorn
with Xiu Xiu
with David Torn
with Secret Chiefs 3
with Aaron Novik
with Redressers
with Carla Bozulich/Evangelista
with Will Bernard Trio
with Fever Pitch
with Sean Hayes
with Todd Sickafoose
with Ben Goldberg Quintet
with 7 Year Rabbit Cycle
with Fred Frith, Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff and Larry Ochs
with Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
with Leonid Fedorov, Vladimir Volkov, John Medeski, Marc Ribot
with Dave Holland
with Moonface

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". Chessmith.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ches Smith bio". Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ↑ "A series of interviews about Mr. Bungle's 'California' PART 2". faithnomorefollowers. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2023-05-13.