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Ches Smith is an American musician whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone. He writes and performs music in a wide variety of contexts, including solo percussion, experimental rock bands, and small and large jazz ensembles.
Smith has performed with Good For Cows, Marc Ribot, Theory of Ruin, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu, Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Carla Bozulich, Beat Circus, Sean Hayes, Ben Goldberg, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Ara Anderson and Fred Frith.
He has also recorded and performed a full-length album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled Congs For Brums (2006). In 2010 he released Congs for Brums 'Noise to Men'.
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Selected discography[edit]
Solo2006 – Congs For Brums2010 – Noise for Menwith Tim Berne2012 - Snakeoil2013 - Shadow Manwith Moe! Staiano2001 – The Lateness of Yearly Presentationswith Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!2006 – An Inescapable Siren Within Earshot Distance Therein and Other Whereabouts2007 - Two Rooms of Uranium Inside 83 Markerswith Graham Connah4001 – The Only Song We Knowwith Good For Cows2001 – Good for Cows2003 – Cows Less Than or Equal To2004 – Bebop Fantasy2008 – 10th Concert Anniversary2010 – Audumlawith Theory Of Ruin2002 – Counter-Culture Nosebleed2003 – Frontline Posterchildwith Mitch Marcus Quintet2002 – Entropiouswith Lou Harrison2003 – Drums Along the Pacificwith John Zorn2003 – Voices in the Wildernesswith Xiu Xiu2012 - "Always"2010 - "Dear God I Hate Myself"2008 - "Women as Lovers"2007 - "Remixed and Covered" as Good for Cows2005 - "La Foret"2003 – A Promise2002 - "Knife Play" with Greg Saunierwith Secret Chiefs 32004 – Book of Horizons2008 – Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9with Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant2004 – Sister Phantom Owl Fishwith Aaron Novik2004 – Gubbish: Notations in Tonations2006 - Kipple: "Flashes of Irrational Happiness"with Redressers2004 – To Each According...with Carla Bozulich/Evangelista2011 - "In Animal Tongue"2009 - "Prince of Truth"2004 – I'm Gonna Stop Killingwith Will Bernard Trio2005 – Directions to My Housewith Fever Pitch4005 – Just Drums 2 Projectwith Sean Hayes2006 – Big Black Hole and the Little Baby Starwith Todd Sickafoose2006 – Blood Orangewith Ben Goldberg Quintet2006 – The Door, the Hat, the Chair, the Factwith 7 Year Rabbit Cycle2006 – Ache Hornswith Fred Frith, Darren Johnston, Devin Hoff and Larry Ochs2007 – Reason to Movewith Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog2008 - Party Intellectuals
