Tom Rainey

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Tom Rainey

Drummer Tom Rainey perforrming Faux Faux at The Cinema in West Philadelphia on 30 July 2006
Background information
Born 1957
Santa Barbara, California United States
Genres Jazz, Avant-garde jazz
Occupations Musician
Instruments Drums
Years active 1980s - present
Tom Rainey, Moers Festival 2012

Thomas "Tom" Rainey (born 1957, Santa Barbara,[1] California) is an American drummer.

After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979.[1] He has played with American jazz saxophonist and composer Tim Berne,[2] and also with Nels Cline, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Tom Varner, Drew Gress, Kenny Werner, Mark Helias, and Simon Nabatov. A prolific session musician, he has appeared on close to eighty recordings over a career spanning over 25 years.

He released his own first album, Pool School (Clean Feed), in 2010.[3]

Discography

As leader

  • Pool School (Clean Feed Records, 2010)
  • Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt Records, 2012)
  • Obbligato (Intakt Records, 2014)

As co-leader

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram

  • Nawora (Leo Records, 2012)

With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock

  • LARK (Skirl, 2013)

With Ingrid Laubrock

  • And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch, 2014)

As sideman

With Mark Feldman

With David Torn

With Tom Varner

With Ingrid Laubrock

  • Sleepthief (Intakt Records, 2008)
  • Anti-house (Intakt Records, 2010)
  • Strong Place (Intakt Records, 2013)

With Kris Davis

  • Good Citizen (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2010)
  • Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed, 2013)
  • Waiting For You To Grow (Clean Feed, 2014)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lynch, Dave. "Tom Rainey: biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-12. 
  2. Fitzell, Sean Patrick (2004-02-23). "Drummer Tom Rainey". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2010-07-12. 
  3. "Tom Rainey Trio - Pool School (Clean Feed)". All About Jazz. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-07-12. 

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