Tom Rainey (born 1957) is an American jazz drummer.

Career

After attending

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he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress,

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, Tony Malaby,

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, Tom Varner, and Kenny Werner. 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

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and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Discography

As leader

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Pool School ''Pool School'' is the debut album by American jazz drummer Tom Rainey, which was recorded in 2009 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label.

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, 2010) * ''

Camino Cielo Echo ''Camino Cielo Echo'' is the second album by American jazz drummer Tom Rainey, which was recorded in 2011 and released by Intakt Records. The record features the same trio as his debut album ''Pool School'', with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and gu ...

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, 2012) * '' Obbligato'' (Intakt, 2014) * '' Hotel Grief'' (Intakt, 2015) * '' Float Upstream'' (Intakt, 2017) * ''Combobulated'' (Intakt, 2019) * ''Untucked In Hannover'' (Intakt, 2021)

As co-leader

With

& Nils Wogram * ''Nawora'' (

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, 2012) With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock * ''LARK'' ( Skirl, 2013) With Ingrid Laubrock * ''And Other Desert Towns'' ( Relative Pitch, 2014) * ''Buoyancy'' (Relative Pitch, 2016) * ''Utter'' (Relative Pitch, 2018)

As sideman

With Ray Anderson *'' Big Band Record'' (Gramavision, 1994) with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band With Tim Berne * ''

Visitation Rites ''Visitation Rites'' is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Paraphrase which was recorded in Germany in 1996 and released on Berne's Screwgun label. Reception The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

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Screwgun Screwgun Records is a jazz record label founded by saxophonist Tim Berne in 1996. Most releases on the label have been by Berne, though some have been by Berne's associates and bandmates. Steve Byram has designed and illustrated the artwork for ma ...

), 1997) * ''

Big Satan Big Satan is a musical project headed by composer and alto saxophonist Tim Berne, featuring drummer Tom Rainey and electric guitarist Marc Ducret. Rainey and Ducret are regular Berne collaborators, and both contribute compositions as well. His ...

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, 1997) * ''

Please Advise ''Please Advise'' is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Paraphrase which was recorded in Germany in 1998 and released on Berne's Screwgun Records, Screwgun label.The Shell Game'' ( Thirsty Ear, 2001) * '' Science Friction'' (Screwgun, 2002) * ''

The Sublime And ''The Sublime And'' is a live double album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Science Friction which was recorded in Switzerland in 2003 and originally released on the Thirsty Ear label. The album was rereleased in 2007 along with Berne's 2002 Science Fr ...

'' (Thirsty Ear, 2003) * ''

Souls Saved Hear Big Satan is a musical project headed by composer and alto saxophonist Tim Berne, featuring drummer Tom Rainey and electric guitarist Marc Ducret. Rainey and Ducret are regular Berne collaborators, and both contribute compositions as well. His ...

'' (Thirsty Ear, 2004) * ''

Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live ''Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live'' is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Hard Cell which was recorded in 2005 and released on Berne's Screwgun Records, Screwgun label.Feign Deception or falsehood is an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda and sleight o ...

'' (Screwgun, 2005) * ''

Pre-Emptive Denial ''Pre-Emptive Denial'' is a live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Paraphrase which was recorded at The Stone (music space), The Stone in 2005 and released on Berne's Screwgun Records, Screwgun label.Livein Cognito ''Livein Cognito'' is a double live album by saxophonist Tim Berne's Big Satan. It was released in 2006 on Berne's Screwgun label. Reception An All About Jazz review by John Kelman said "Dark and spacious in places, visceral, dense and penetra ...

'' (Screwgun, 2006) With Nels Cline *'' Currents, Constellations'' (Blue Note, 2018) With Kris Davis * '' Good Citizen'' ( Fresh Sound New Talent, 2010) * '' Capricorn Climber'' (Clean Feed, 2013) * ''Waiting for You to Grow'' (Clean Feed, 2014) With Mark Feldman * '' What Exit'' (

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, 2006) With Ronan Guilfoyle * ''Hands'' (Portmanteau, 2015) With Ingrid Laubrock * '' Sleepthief'' (Intakt, 2008) * '' Anti-House'' (Intakt, 2010) * '' The Madness of Crowds'' (Intakt, 2011) * '' Strong Place'' (Intakt, 2013) * ''

Zurich Concert ''Zurich Concert'' is an album by German jazz saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, which was recorded live in 2011 at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich and released on the Swiss Intakt label. Background The Ingrid Laubrock Octet grew out of her London based n ...

'' (Intakt, 2014) * '' Roulette of the Cradle'' (Intakt, 2015) * '' Ubatuba'' (Firehouse 12, 2015) With Liam Noble * ''Romance Among the Fishes'' (Basho, 2004) With

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* ''Two Hours'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006) * ''Almost Almond'' (Sanje, 2011) * ''Duality'' (Samo Records, 2012) With David Torn * ''

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The Mystery of Compassion ''The Mystery of Compassion'' is an album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1992 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

'' (Soul Note, 1992) * ''

Martian Heartache ''Martian Heartache'' is an album by the American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner, recorded in 1996 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

'' (Soul Note, 1996) With Roseanna Vitro * '' Reaching for the Moon'' (Chase Music Group, 1991) * '' Softly'' ( Concord Jazz, 1993) With Jane Ira Bloom * '' Modern Drama'' (Columbia, 1987) * ''

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'' (Columbia, 1988)

References

External links

Allaboutjazz Tom Rainey interview
Avant-garde jazz musicians 1957 births Living people Musicians from Santa Barbara, California American jazz drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Jazz musicians from California 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Big Satan members Intakt Records artists Basho Records artists Clean Feed Records artists {{US-jazz-drummer-stub