Tom Rainey

Thomas "Tom" Rainey (born 1957, Santa Barbara, California) is an American drummer.

Contents

• Tom rainey interview reims jazz festival 2008
• Tom rainey reflections 2o14
• As leader
• As co leader
• As sideman
• References

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.

As leader

Pool School (Clean Feed Records, 2010)

Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt Records, 2012)

Obbligato (Intakt Records, 2014)

Hotel Grief (Intakt Records, 2015)

Float Upstream (Intakt Records, 2017)

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)