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Ches Smith and These Arches: Hammered

Read "Hammered" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 7, 2013

Four progressive-jazz and improvising luminaries lend their expertise for New York City-based drummer Ches Smith's foray into a multi-purposed set, exploring and splitting the frontiers of avant-garde jazz, rock and other genres into asymmetrical components. Thus far, the artist has been in the thick of things, amassing an impressive discography, performing and recording with notables such ...

Article: Album Review

Ches Smith and These Arches: Hammered

Read "Hammered" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 1, 2013

Drummer, composer, and bandleader Ches Smith is an artist with indisputable abilities who thrives on the fringes whether supplying tight rhythms for notable musicians such as guitarist Marc Ribot, saxophonist Darius Jones, and the indie rock band Xiu Xiu, or creating self-produced works like his solo multi-instrumental electronic project Psycho Predictions (Preposterous Bee,2012). ...

Article: Album Review

Ches Smith and These Arches: Hammered

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 4, 2013

Freschissimo di stampa, ecco il secondo album del gruppo diretto da Ches Smith, dopo Finally Out of My Hands, del 2010. Per l'occasione, si unisce al quartetto-base Tim Berne, e come si capirà facilmente non si tratta di particolare di poco conto. E non è forse neppure il caso di sottolineare che con Berne il giovane ...