The Self (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Label:
Tzadik – TZ 4054
Format:
CD, Album, Spectrum Series
Country:
US
Released:
Mar 1, 2025
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Free Improvisation
1        The Problem    1:51
2        In Two    1:57
3        Stems From    2:46
4        Vertiginous Question    1:47
5        Freely Stated    2:26
6        Flexi    1:40
7        Get Out There and See    1:35
8        Regenerate    1:42
9        Getting Into    1:49
10        Propositions    4:11
11        Light Spirits    3:39
12        Constellation View    1:26
13        Empty Individual    3:17
14        Thin Three    1:06
15        Subtly    2:08
16        Menm Bagay La    1:39
17        Further Fact    2:58
18        View From Nowhere    0:52
Design – Heung-Heung Chin
Drums, Vibraphone, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Tam-tam, Percussion, Producer – Ches Smith
Executive Producer – John Zorn
Mastered By – Scott Hull (2)
Mixed By – Ben Greenberg
Photography – Bianca Zwerlein, Miya Osaki, Peter Gannushkin
Producer – Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded By – Chris Bittner
One of the most versatile and in-demand percussionists in the Downtown scene,
Ches has worked with everyone from Marc Ribot, Tim Berne, and Dave Holland to Secret Chiefs 3, Terry Riley, and John Zorn. He has released over a dozen CDs under his own name in duo, trio, quartet, and large group contexts and for his first CD for Tzadik he has recorded an intimate and dynamic solo project. Performing on drums, percussion,. vibraphone, glockenspiel, gongs, and more,
Ches presents eighteen hort pieces explorin is mastery of rhythm form, and texture.
A beautiful program of solo percussion by a Downtown master, this is Ches at his most personal and explorative.

All pieces are real time improvisations.. produced by CHES SMITH . executive producer JOHN ZORN associate producer KAZUNORI SUGIYAMA ... recorded December 19-20, 2023 at Applehead Studios, Saugerties, NY by CHRIS BITTNER ... mixed September 25 and November 22, 2024 Circular Ruin Studio, Brooklyn, NY by BEN GREENBERG ... mastered by SCOTT HULL ... obi photo by BIANCA ZWERLEIN ... front cover and disc photos by MIYA OSAKI ... back cover and flap photos by PETER GANNUSHKIN ... design by HEUNG-HEUNG CHIN

Special thanks to JOHN ZORN, HEUNG-HEUNG CHIN, MIYA OSAKI, DAVID TORN, ZANE OSAKI, and SHAHZAD ISMAILY.
Barcode: 702397405429
 

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Availability : Pre-Order
• Genre: JAZZ
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 03/21/2025