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 Tim Berne (born October 16, 1954) is an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and record label owner. His primary instruments are the alto and baritone saxophones. Biography Berne was born in Syracuse, New York, United States. He has said that ...

Nels Cline Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) is an American guitarist and composer. He has been the guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004. In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist. He has w ...

Drew Gress Drew Gress (born November 20, 1959) is an American jazz double-bassist and composer born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in the Philadelphia area. Biography Gress studied at Towson State University and Manhattan School of Music. In the late ...

, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch,

Tony Malaby Tony Malaby (born January 12, 1964) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Malaby was born in Tucson, Arizona. He moved to New York City in 1995 and played with several notable jazz groups, including Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra, ...

, Simon Nabatov,

Tom Varner Tom Varner (born June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) player and composer. Varner grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, Ne ...

, and

Kenny Werner Kenny Werner (born November 19, 1951) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 19, 1951 and then growing up in Oceanside, Long Island, Werner began playing and performing at a young ...

. Rainey worked with Berne in the 1990s and 2000s in the bands Big Satan, Hard Cell, Paraphrase, and Science Friction. After thirty years as a sideman, he released his first album, ''Pool School'' (

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, 2010) in a trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and 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 ...

Discography

As leader

* '' Pool School'' (

, 2010) * '' Camino Cielo Echo'' ( Intakt, 2012) * ''

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'' (Intakt, 2014) * '' Hotel Grief'' (Intakt, 2015) * '' Float Upstream'' (Intakt, 2017) * ''Combobulated'' (Intakt, 2019) * ''Untucked In Hannover'' (Intakt, 2021)

As co-leader

With Simon Nabatov &

Nils Wogram Nils Wogram (born 7 November 1972) is a jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader. He began classical study at the age of fifteen. He was a member in the National German Youth Big Band, participated in classical competitions and formed his own ba ...

* ''Nawora'' ( Leo, 2012) With

Ralph Alessi Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...

, Kris Davis &

* ''LARK'' ( Skirl, 2013) With

* ''And Other Desert Towns'' (

Relative Pitch Relative pitch is the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note by comparing it to a reference note and identifying the interval between those two notes. For example, if the note ''Do'' and ''Fa'' is played on a piano, a per ...

, 2014) * ''Buoyancy'' (Relative Pitch, 2016) * ''Utter'' (Relative Pitch, 2018)

As sideman

With Ray Anderson *''

Big Band Record ''Big Band Record'' is an album by trombonist Ray Anderson and the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band which was released on the Gramavision label in 1994.Rousell, PDiscography of Tim Berneaccessed June 28, 2018 George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker ...

Concert Jazz Band With

* '' Visitation Rites'' ( Screwgun), 1997) * '' Big Satan'' (

Winter & Winter Winter & Winter is a record label in Munich, Germany that specializes in jazz, classical and improvised music. It was founded by Stefan Winter following the demise of his JMT Records label. Since 1997 Winter & Winter has released records by Da ...

, 1997) * '' Please Advise'' (Screwgun, 1999) * '' The Shell Game'' (

Thirsty Ear Thirsty Ear Recordings is an American independent record label. It was founded in the late 1970s as a marketing company for the then-unnamed alternative music field, and expanded to issue its own records in 1990. Thirsty Ear came to prominence ...

, 2001) * '' Science Friction'' (Screwgun, 2002) * '' The Sublime And'' (Thirsty Ear, 2003) * '' Souls Saved Hear'' (Thirsty Ear, 2004) * '' Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live'' (Screwgun, 2004) * '' Feign'' (Screwgun, 2005) * '' Pre-Emptive Denial'' (Screwgun, 2005) * '' Livein Cognito'' (Screwgun, 2006) With

*'' Currents, Constellations'' (Blue Note, 2018) With Kris Davis * '' Good Citizen'' (

Fresh Sound Fresh Sound, or Fresh Sound New Talent, is a jazz record label established in Barcelona, Spain, by Jordi Pujol. The label was initially founded as a reissue label. The catalog includes work by musicians both major and minor that was recorded be ...

New Talent, 2010) * '' Capricorn Climber'' (Clean Feed, 2013) * ''Waiting for You to Grow'' (Clean Feed, 2014) With Mark Feldman * ''

What Exit ''What Exit'' is an album by violinist Mark Feldman with pianist John Taylor, bassist Anders Jormin, and drummer Tom Rainey recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label

'' ( ECM, 2006) With

Ronan Guilfoyle Ronan Guilfoyle (born 5 March 1958) is an Irish jazz educator and performer. He is the director of jazz at Newpark Music Centre in Dublin, Ireland and has performed extensively around the world. He is also a composer for classical ensembles and ...

* ''Hands'' (Portmanteau, 2015) With

* '' Sleepthief'' (Intakt, 2008) * '' Anti-House'' (Intakt, 2010) * '' The Madness of Crowds'' (Intakt, 2011) * '' Strong Place'' (Intakt, 2013) * '' Zurich Concert'' (Intakt, 2014) * '' Roulette of the Cradle'' (Intakt, 2015) * ''

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'' (Firehouse 12, 2015) With Liam Noble * ''Romance Among the Fishes'' (Basho, 2004) With Samo Salamon * ''Two Hours'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006) * ''Almost Almond'' (Sanje, 2011) * ''Duality'' (Samo Records, 2012) With

David Torn David M. Torn (born May 26, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining electronic and acoustic instruments and for his use of looping. Background Torn has contributed to recordings by artists as diverse ...

* '' Prezens'' (ECM, 2005) With

* '' The Mystery of Compassion'' (Soul Note, 1992) * '' Martian Heartache'' (Soul Note, 1996) With

Roseanna Vitro Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas. Biography Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...

* '' Reaching for the Moon'' (Chase Music Group, 1991) * '' Softly'' (

Concord Jazz Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...

, 1993) With

Jane Ira Bloom Jane Ira Bloom (born January 12, 1955) is an American jazz soprano saxophonist and composer. Early years Bloom was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joel and Evelyn Bloom. She began as a pianist and drummer, later switching to the alto saxopho ...

* ''

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'' (Columbia, 1987) * '' Slalom'' (Columbia, 1988)

References

External links

Allaboutjazz Tom Rainey interview
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