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Ches Smith

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)

Dream Archives

By Craig Taborn

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. "Coordinates for the Absent" 2. "Feeding Maps to the Fire" 3. "When Kabuya Dances" 4. "Mumbo Jumbo" 5. "Dream Archive" 6. "Enchant"

A Sun That Never Sets

By Ralph Alessi

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: A Sun That Never Sets; Nothing is Dead; Relaxed Misery; Sweet Spot; Ether; Twichild; Transitional Imagery; Slow Dancing Bear; Of Trees (Variations on a Theme by TB; Duck Face; Behind Clouds.

Passerine

By Stephan Crump

Label: Papillon Sounds
Released: 2026
Track listing: Stuck; Glide; Weavers; Twenty-Five; Scrapes; Bryn; Fly

Ancestral Numbers

By Jason Robinson

Label: Playscape Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ancestral Numbers I: Second House; Malachi; Potenziality; Remembering Water; Roots and Routes; Wattensaw; Vestibule; Ancestral Numbers.

Ancestral Numbers II: Sweet Tooth; The Return; Ruby; Enos; Deployment; Arrival; Grayscale; Ancestral Numbers.

Jazzfest Berlin 2026

by Giuseppe Segala
November 10, 2026

Jazzfest Berlin 2026 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 29 ottobre--1 novembre 2026 Il cielo sopra Berlino è plumbeo, con qualche sprazzo di luce che trapela brevemente, prima che torni l'atmosfera cupa. Ma attorno alla Haus der Berliner Festspiele, dove si svolge ...

L'avventuroso mondo di Patricia Brennan

by Angelo Leonardi
November 9, 2026

La presenza di Patricia Brennan ai vertici del jazz più innovativo è il risultato di un percorso artistico in costante evoluzione. Vibrafonista e compositrice di origine messicana, Brennan si è affermata negli ultimi anni come una delle personalità più originali della scena contemporanea. La sua musica mette in relazione una ricerca strumentale audace, una scrittura articolata ...

Stephan Crump: Passerine

by Glenn Astarita
November 5, 2026

Bassist and composer Stephan Crump has rarely been interested in conventional jazz architecture. His ensembles emphasize interaction, with compositions that leave ample space for musicians to reshape the music as it unfolds. On Passerine, Crump leads a quartet featuring Kenny Warren on trumpet, David Leon on alto flute and saxophone and Ches Smith on percussion. Inspired ...

New Music from Max Light And More

by Bob Osborne
November 5, 2026

Telepathic interplay between musicians is a common theme in this selection of tracks from mostly new releases. Whether it is on written material or pure improvisation the interaction by both seasoned professionals and younger faces on the scene is demonstrated clearly in this exciting playlist.Playlist Max Light “Talking To You" from Unlearning (Chill Tone ...

Jazz em Agosto 2026, Part 2

by Petra Cvelbar
September 6, 2026

The sixth day of the 42nd edition of Jazz em Agosto continued with a performance by The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, featuring Mette Rasmussen on alto saxophone, Mariam Rezaei on turntables, Gabriele Mitelli on piccolo trumpet, electronics, and vocals, and Lukas König on drums, electric cymbals, and synthesizer. On the seventh day, we ...