Ches Smith

Artacts '23: Craig Taborn (piano, electronics) , Tomeka Reid (cello), Ches Smith (drums, percussion). St. Johann in Tirol, Austria, March 4. See Review under Festivals.

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January 23, 2024

Mendoza Hoff Revels

Echolocation
AUM Fidelity AUM 117-2

October 25, 2023

Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

Connection
Knockwurst Records KW 003

March 29, 2023

Darren Johnston

Wild Awake
Diskonife 008

October 3, 2022

Ches Smith

Interpret It Well
Pyroclastic Records PR 19

July 1, 2022

Erik Friedlander

A Queens’ Firefly
Skipstone Records SKST 028
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November 13, 2021

Darius Jones / Marc Ribot / Rubin Khodeli / Gyda Valtysdottir / Shahzad Ismaily / Ches Smith /…

Hope
Northern Spy NS 139

March 3, 2021

Joshua White / Ches Smith / Jason Robinson / Drew Gress

Harmonic Constituent
Playscape Recordings PSR #081119

November 1, 2020

Tim Berne / Oscar Noriega / Matt Mitchell / Marc Ducret / Ches Smith

The Fantastic Mrs. 10
Intakt CD 340

June 17, 2019

Anna Webber / Jeremy Viner / Ches Smith / Christopher Tordini / Christopher Hoffman / Jacob Garchik /…

Clockwise
Pi Recordings P179

January 11, 2019

NPR Music International Critics Poll 2018

Ken Waxman’s Ballot
Jazzword.com

November 6, 2018

John Edwards / John Butcher / Lasse Marhaug / Ches Smith / Okkyung Lee

Cheol-Kkot-Sae [Steel.Flower.Bird]
Tzadik TZ 4923

October 11, 2018

Dave Holland / Evan Parker / Craig Taborn / Ches Smith

Uncharted Territories
Dare2 Records Dare 2-010

October 1, 2018

Marc Ribot / Ches Smith / Doug Wieselman / Briggan Krauss / Shahzad Ismaily / Neel Murgai /…

YRU Still Here?
NorthernSpy NS 098

September 1, 2018

Michael Dessen / Bill Lowe / Marcus Rojas / Marty Ehrlich / Jason Robinson / J. D. Parran…

Resonant Geographies
pfMentum PFMCD 115

March 18, 2018

Matt Mitchell

A Pouting Grimace
Pi Recordings 71

February 3, 2017

Nick Millevoi/Jamie Saft /Ches Smith

Desertion
Shhpuma SHH024CD

July 1, 2016

Ches Smith

The Bell
ECM 2747

March 22, 2016

Guelph Jazz Festival 2015

Guelph, Ontario
September 16-20, 2015

September 6, 2015

Mary Halvorson / John Hébert / Ches Smith

Ghost Loop
ForTune 0010/010

June 11, 2015

Tim Berne / Oscar Noriega / Matt Mitchell / Ches Smith / Ryan Ferreira

You’ve Been Watching Me
ECM 2443

April 12, 2015

Ben Goldberg / Ches Smith / Carla Kihlstedt / Myra Melford / Greg Cohen / Rob Sudduth /…

Orphic Machine
BAG Productions BAG 007

October 11, 2014

Ches Smith

Artist Profile
Brooklyn, N.Y.

July 11, 2014

Matt Mitchell

Feature Interview
By Ken Waxman

February 11, 2014

Ben Goldberg

Unfold Ordinary Mind
BAG Productions BAG 004

February 11, 2014

Ben Goldberg / Ellery Eskelin / Rob Sudduth / Nels Cline / Ches Smith

Unfold Ordinary Mind
BAG Productions BAG 004

January 8, 2014

Matt Mitchell / Ches Smith

Fiction
Pi Recordings PI50

January 8, 2014

Ben Goldberg

Bay Area Clarinetist
Featured Profile

December 13, 2013

Jonathan Finlayson / Jacob Garchik / Jon Irabagon / Ingrid Laubrock / Mary Halvorson / John Hébert /…

Illusionary Sea
Firehouse 12 Records FH12-04-01-017

December 8, 2013

Matt Mitchell / Ches Smith

Fiction
Pi Recordings PI50

August 28, 2013

Tim Berne / Tony Malaby / Andrea Parkins / Mary Halvorson / Ches Smith

Hammered
Clean Feed CF 270 CD

June 23, 2013

Ben Goldberg / Ellery Eskelin / Rob Sudduth / Nels Cline / Ches Smith

Unfold Ordinary Mind
BAG Productions BAG 004

June 23, 2013

Ben Goldberg

Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
BAG Productions BAG 003

August 1, 2012

Tim Berne / Oscar Noriega / Matt Mitchell / Ches Smith

Snakeoil
ECM 2234

July 17, 2011

Kirk Knuffke / Brian Drye / Ches Smith / Jonathan Goldberger

Bizingas
NCM East Records NCM 40130

November 2, 2007

Devin Hoff / Darren Johnston / Larry Ochs / Fred Frith / Ches Smith

Reasons for Moving
NotTwo MW 779-2

May 1, 2006

Carla Kihlstedt / Ben Goldberg / Rob Sudduth / Devin Hoff / Ches Smith

the door, the hat, the chair, the fact
Cyptogramophone CG126

Ches Smith

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