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Tom Rainey
Drummer Tom Rainey performing Faux Faux at The Cinema in West Philadelphia on 30 July 2006Drummer Tom Rainey performing Faux Faux at The Cinema in West Philadelphia on 30 July 2006
Background information
Born1957
Santa Barbara, California United States
GenresJazz, Avant-garde jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDrums
Years active1980s - present
Musical artist
Tom Rainey, Moers Festival 2012

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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2011)

As leader

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

With Kris Davis

With Mark Feldman

With Ingrid Laubrock

With Liam Noble

  • Romance Among the Fishes (Basho, 2004)

With David Torn

With Tom Varner

With Roseanna Vitro

References

  1. ^ Lynch, Dave. "Tom Rainey: biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. Fitzell, Sean Patrick (23 February 2004). "Drummer Tom Rainey". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  3. "Tom Rainey Trio - Pool School (Clean Feed)". All About Jazz. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

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