Tom Rainey

Tom Rainey

Drummer Tom Rainey performing 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
Occupation(s) 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

As co-leader

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram

With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock

With Ingrid Laubrock

As sideman

With Tim Berne

With Mark Feldman

With Liam Noble

With David Torn

With Tom Varner

With Ingrid Laubrock

With Kris Davis

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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