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The Ches Smith Trio @ Bay View Methodist Church - Tuesday Feb. 23rd

Bay View Methodist Church
Milwaukee , WI

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The Ches Smith Trio @ Bay View Methodist Church - Tuesday Feb. 23rd

--- The Ches Smith Trio ----

IF any of you were at the Tim Berne show you know Ches Smith. He was the man holding down the drums and now he'll be bringing his trio to MKE ft. the great Craig Taborn on Piano and Matt Maneri on Viola.

Come on out for this wonderful evening of some of NYC's and the world's leading improvisors.

2 sets - $10

Bay View Methodist Church

7pm DOORS

8PM START

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).[;;;1];;; In 2010 he released Congs for Brums 'Noise to Men'.[;;;2];;;

Craig Marvin Taborn (/tebrn/; born February 20, 1970) is an American pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer. He works solo and in bands, mostly playing various forms of jazz. He started playing piano and Moog synthesizer as an adolescent and was influenced at an early stage by a wide range of music, including by the freedom expressed in recordings of free jazz and contemporary classical music.

Mat Maneri (born October 4, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player, specifically derivatives such as the five-string viola, the electric six-string violin, and the baritone violin. He is the son of the saxophonist Joe Maneri.[;;;1];;;

Maneri has recorded with Cecil Taylor, Matthew Shipp, Joe Morris, Joe Maneri, Gerald Cleaver, Tim Berne, Borah Bergman, Mark Dresser, William Parker, Michael Formanek, John Lockwood, as well as with his own trio, quartet, and quintet. He has also played on various band releases: Club d'Elf, Decoupage, Brewed by Noon, Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Buffalo Collision.[;;;2];;;