Tom Rainey
American jazz drummer

Tom Rainey

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American jazz drummer
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
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Jazz musician
Work field:
Music
Birth:
1 January 1957(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Ingrid Laubrock
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Thomas "Tom" Rainey (born 1957, Santa Barbara, California) is an American drummer.

After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with American jazz saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, 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.

Discography

As leader

  • Pool School (Clean Feed Records, 2010)
  • Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt Records, 2012)
  • Obbligato (Intakt Records, 2014)
  • Hotel Grief (Intakt Records, 2015)

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 Tim Berne

  • Big Satan (Winter & Winter, 1997)
  • Please Advise (Screwgun, 1998)
  • Visitation Rites (Screwgun, 1998)
  • The Shell Game (Thirsty Ear, 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 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 (ECM, 2006)

With Ingrid Laubrock

  • Sleepthief (Intakt Records, 2008)
  • Anti-House (Intakt Records, 2010)
  • The Madness of Crowds (Intakt Records, 2011)
  • Strong Place (Intakt Records, 2013)
  • Zurich Concert (Intakt Records, 2014)
  • Roulette of the Cradle (Intakt Records, 2015)
  • Ubatuba (Firehouse 12, 2015)

With Liam Noble

  • Romance Among the Fishes (Basho, 2004)

With David Torn

  • Prezens (ECM, 2005)

With Tom Varner

  • The Mystery of Compassion (Soul Note, 1992)
  • Martian Heartache (Soul Note, 1996)

With Roseanna Vitro

  • Reaching for the Moon (Chase Music Group, 1991)
  • Softly (Concord Jazz, 1993)