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Birth nameCharles Walter Rainey III BornJune 17, 1940 (age 75)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States (1940-06-17) InstrumentsBass guitar, double bass RoleSession musician · chuckrainey.com AlbumsInterpretations of a Groove, The Chuck Rainey Coalition Similar PeopleDavid T Walker, Cornell Dupree, King Curtis, Joe Sample, Arif Mardin Profiles Facebook
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Charles Walter "Chuck" Rainey III (born June 17, 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American bassist who has played with many well-known acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, The Rascals, Frankie Valli, and Joe Walsh.
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Biography
Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet. Later, while attending Lane College in Tennessee, Rainey switched to baritone horn to join the school's travelling brass ensemble. While on active military duty, Rainey learned rhythm guitar and began playing professionally with local bands. His lack of improvisational skills on guitar led him to pick up the bass, and soon Rainey found himself working steadily as a studio bassist in New York City, recording or touring with many of the greatest acts of that time.
By the 1970s he had played with Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Mose Allison, Gato Barbieri, and Gene Ammons, as well as with Eddie Vinson at the 1971 Montreux Festival.
As a member of The King Curtis All-Stars, he toured with the Beatles on their second run across the United States. By the beginning of the 1970s, Rainey had firmly established his place as one of New York City's first call session bass guitarists.
In 1972, he released his first solo album The Chuck Rainey Coalition on Skye Records. The coalition consists of notable session musicians Richard Tee, Warren Smith, Specs Powell, Eric Gale, Bernard Purdie, Herb Lovelle, Cornell Dupree and Billy Butler.
Moving to Los Angeles in 1972, his work with Quincy Jones continued as a member of Jones' big band, and Rainey continued to work as a studio musician on others albums like, Betty Davis' famously shelved session from 1976 or Tim Buckley's Greetings from L.A. About this time, he bumped into friend and Steely Dan producer Gary Katz, which led to performing on tracks for Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan. His relationship with Steely Dan continued through Katy Lied; The Royal Scam, Aja, where he performs on every track except "Deacon Blues" (Walter Becker played bass for that track); and Gaucho.
Rainey's style has always been to provide a rhythmic and melodic bottom that works with the drummer for the benefit of the song. His books on bass study refer to a "sensitivity to music" and a dedication to studying the fundamentals of music theory. While his "sideman" philosophy of bass has not brought him the level of recognition of star players such as Jaco Pastorius, Rainey is by far more recorded than his more famous contemporaries.
As leader
The Chuck Rainey Coalition (1972, Skye)
Born Again (1981, Hammer 'N Nails)
Hangin Out Right (1996, CharWalt)
Sing and Dance (1998, CharWalt)
As session player
1965: Red Holloway – Red Soul (Prestige)
1967: Phil Upchurch – Feeling Blue (Milestone)
1968: Hubert Laws – Laws' Cause (Atlantic)
1968: David Newman – Bigger & Better (Atlantic), The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic)
1968: Cal Tjader – Solar Heat
1968: Laura Nyro – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
1968: J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding – Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI)
1968: Eddie Harris – Plug Me In (Atlantic)
1968: Willie Bobo – A New Dimension (Verve)
1968: George Benson – Goodies (Verve)
1969: The Rascals – Freedom Suite
1969: Gary McFarland – America the Beautiful
1969: Hank Crawford – Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic)
1969: Yusef Lateef – Yusef Lateef's Detroit (Atlantic)
1969: Quincy Jones – Walking in Space (CTI)
1969: Lena Horne and Gábor Szabó – Lena & Gabor (Skye)
1969: Dizzy Gillespie – Cornucopia (Solid State)
1969: Gary Burton – Good Vibes (Atlantic)
1969: Al Kooper – You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
1969: Jimmy McGriff – Electric Funk
1970: Johnny Pate – Outrageous
1970: Junior Mance – With a Lotta Help from My Friends (Atlantic)
1970: Shirley Scott – Something (Atlantic)
1970: Billy Butler: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige)
1970: Yusef Lateef – Suite 16 (Atlantic)
1970: Ray Bryant – MCMLXX (Atlantic)
1970: Roberta Flack – Chapter Two
1970: Laura Nyro – Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
1970: Lonnie Smith – Drives
1971: Hank Crawford – It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion)
1971: Gato Barbieri – El Pampero (Flying Dutchman)
1971: Donny Hathaway – Donny Hathaway
1971: Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant (Atlantic)
1971: Grant Green – Visions
1971: Gene Ammons – My Way (Prestige), Free Again (Prestige)
1971: Bernard Purdie Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega)
1971: Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire
1971: Mose Allison – Western Man (Atlantic)
1972: The Crusaders – Hollywood
1972: The Crusaders – 1
1972: Hampton Hawes – Universe (Prestige)
1972: Joe Walsh – Barnstorm
1972: Phil Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
1972: Delaney, Bonnie & Friends – D&B Together
1972: Charles Kynard – Woga (Mainstream)
1972: Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace
1972: Tim Buckley – Greetings from L.A.
1973: Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
1973: Dave Mason – It's Like You Never Left
1973: Margie Joseph – Margie Joseph
1973: Afrique – Soul Makossa
1973: David Newman – The Weapon (Atlantic)
1973: Charles Kynard – Your Mama Don't Dance (Mainstream)
1973: Mary McCreary – Butterflies In Heaven
1973: Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks and Blues
1973: David Clayton-Thomas – David Clayton–Thomas
1973: Lightnin' Rod – Hustlers Convention
1973: Donald Byrd – Street Lady
1973: Aretha Franklin – With Everything I Feel in Me
1973: Bette Midler – Bette Midler
1973: Sammy Johns – Sammy Johns
1974: Maggie Bell – Queen Of The Night
1974: Donald Byrd – Stepping into Tomorrow
1974: Bobbi Humphrey – Satin Doll
1974: Marlena Shaw – Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
1974: Les McCann – Another Beginning
1974: Peggy Lee – Let's Love
1974: Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
1975: Donald Byrd – Places and Spaces
1975: Johnny Hammond – Gears
1975: Bobby Hutcherson – Linger Lane
1975: Gene Harris – Nexus
1975: Bobbi Humphrey – Fancy Dancer
1975: Harvey Mason – Marching In The Street
1975: Steely Dan – Katy Lied
1976: John Handy – Hard Work (ABC/Impulse)
1976: Robert Palmer – Some People Can Do What They Like
1976: Nils Lofgren – Cry Tough
1976: Patti Austin – End of a Rainbow (CTI)
1976: Gene Harris – In a Special Way
1976: Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 – Homecooking
1976: Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
1976: David T. Walker – On Love
1976: Jackson Browne – The Pretender
1976: King Errisson – The Magic Man
1976: Marvin Gaye – I Want You
1976: Betty Davis – Hangin' Out In Hollywood / Crashin' From Passion