Ches Smith

Ches Smith (2016)

Ches Smith (* in San Diego ) is an American drummer , composer and band leader in the fields of rock music , jazz and improvised music .

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Smith grew up in Sacramento and began his musical career first in the punk and metal scene before experimenting with jazz and free improvisation music. He studied philosophy at the University of Oregon and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1995 . After teaching with Peter Magadini, he was accepted into the graduate program at Mills College in Oakland ; there he studied percussion, improvisation and composition with William Winant , Fred Frith , Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Curran . During this time he co-founded the formations Theory of Ruin (with Alex Newport) and Good for Cows (with Devin Hoff ).

During his career, Smith et al. a. with Tim Berne , Ben Goldberg , Lou Harrison , Mary Halvorson ( Dragon's Head 2008), Elliott Sharp , Fred Frith, Larry Ochs , Jessica Pavone , Wadada Leo Smith , Carla Bozulich , John Zorn and Marc Ribot , as well as with the Avantgarde- and Independent Rock bands Beat Circus , Secret Chiefs 3 , Mr. Bungle and Xiu Xiu . He was also a member of Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant . In 2012 he performed at the Willisau Jazz Festival with his group These Arches , which includes Halvorson, Andrea Parkins , Tim Berne and Tony Malaby and which allegedly experiments “at the intersection of rock and jazz” . He is a member of Bernes Band Snakeoil and Ribots Ceramic Dog . Smith also gives solo concerts with the program Ches Smith's Congs for Brums , which he presented in Mannheim in 2011.

In 2016 his album The Bell was released on the renowned label ECM , on which he is accompanied by Craig Taborn and Mat Maneri .

In 2018, Smith and John Zorn released two albums ( The Urmuz Epigrams and In a Convex Mirror ).

Darren Johnston / Fred Frith / Devin Hoff / Larry Ochs / Ches Smith - Reasons for Moving (Not Two Records, 2007)
Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone , Devin Hoff, Ches Smith - Calling All Portraits (Skycap, 2008)
Ches Smith & These Arches - Finally Out of My Hands (Skirl Records, 2010)
Psycho Predictions (88 Records, 2012)
Noise to Men (self-release, 2012)
Jason Robinson , JD Parran , Marty Ehrlich , Marcus Rojas , Bill Lowe , Liberty Ellman , Drew Gress , George Schuller , Ches Smith Tiresian Symmetry ( Cuneiform Records , 2012)
Hammered (Clean Feed, 2013), with Mary Halvorson, Tim Berne, Tony Malaby, Andrea Parkins
The Bell ( ECM , 2016), with Craig Taborn , Mat Maneri

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personal data
SURNAME	Smith, Ches
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American drummer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Diego