''Hotel Grief'' is an album by American jazz drummer

Tom Rainey Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer. Career After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, T ...

, which was recorded in 2013 and released on the Swiss Intakt label. After two studio dates, this was the first live recording by his trio with saxophonist

Ingrid Laubrock Ingrid Laubrock (born 24 September 1970) is a German jazz saxophonist, who primarily plays tenor saxophone but also performs and records on soprano, alto, and baritone saxophones. She studied with Jean Toussaint, Dave Liebman and at the Guildh ...

and guitarist Mary Halvorson.''Hotel Grief''
at Intakt Records

Reception

The ''

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'' review by John Ephland states "Whatever the context and wherever these three take us, one can prepare for the unexpected. Jazz writer Bill Shoemaker makes that point clearly and eloquently in the liner notes: this is improvised music."Ephland, John. ''Hotel Grief'' review. ''Down Beat'' January 16: page 61. Print. In a review for

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John Sharpe notes "Being so familiar with one another's styles means that even though collectively birthed the five selections possess a compelling internal logic, while their skills as improvisers mean they retain the freshness and unpredictability."Sharpe, John
''Hotel Grief'' review
at

The Point of Departure review by Greg Buium says "''Hotel Grief'' is a 61-minute set of free improvisation, but it is a cleverly structured, wonderfully coherent series of musical gestures.. It is a magnificent, and endlessly rewarding, date."Buium, Greg
''Hotel Grief'' review
at Point of Departure

Track listing

All compositions by Rainey, Halvorson and Laubrock. # "Last Overture" – 13:13 # "Hotel Grief" – 16:45 # "Briefly Lompoc" – 6:02 # "Proud Achievements in Botany" – 18:42 # "Mr. K.C." (for Keith Copeland) – 5:24

Personnel

– drums *

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saxophones The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

* Mary Halvorson –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

References

{{reflist 2015 live albums Tom Rainey live albums Intakt Records live albums