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Ches Smith
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The next Ches Smith concert is scheduled for Friday, August 15, 2025 at Hüttenwerk in Michelstadt, Germany. See all 22 upcoming concerts
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About Ches Smith
Hometown
San Diego, CA, United States
Born
January 1, 2000
Genre
Jazz
Percussionist, drummer, and composer Ches Smith is a forward-thinking, genre-bending musician with a bent toward experimental and avant-garde improvisation and Haitian and Caribbean folkloric traditions. Initially a replacement touring musician with Mr. Bungle in the mid-'90s, Smith soon established himself as a first-call collaborator with artists that included Xiu Xiu, John Zorn, and Mary Halvorson, among others. He has issued inventive albums under his own name including 2010's Finally Out of My Hands, the 2012 solo percussion outing Psycho Predictions, and his ECM debut, The Bell, in 2016. The following year, he and his Haitian jazz project We All Break digitally issued their self-titled debut. After signing the group to Kris Davis' Pyroclastic Records, he doubled the band's size to include saxophonist Miguel Zenon and vocalist Sirene Dantor Rene, among others, and released Path of Seven Colors in 2021.
Ches Smith has also released music as a member of Mary Halvorson Octet, Mr. Bungle, Good for Cows, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, Xiu Xiu, MadLove, Mary Halvorson Quintet, Ishraqiyun, Tim Berne's Snakeoil, and Secret Chiefs 3.
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