Tom Rainey


Tom Rainey is an American jazz drummer.

Career

After attending Berklee College of Music he moved to New York in 1979. He has played with Tim Berne, Nels Cline, Drew Gress, Mark Helias, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Simon Nabatov, 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 in a trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and his wife, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Discography

As leader

Pool School Camino Cielo Echo Obbligato Hotel Grief Float Upstream Combobulated
  • ''Untucked In Hannover''

As co-leader

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram Nawora
With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock LARK
With Ingrid Laubrock And Other Desert Towns Buoyancy Utter Counterfeit Mars Brink
With Peter Ehwald & Stefan Schultze
  • ''Public Radio''

As sideman

With Ray Anderson
With Tim BerneVisitation Rites Big [Satan (album)|Big Satan] Please Advise The Shell Game Science Friction The Sublime And Souls Saved Hear Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live Feign Pre-Emptive Denial Livein Cognito Yikes Too
With Nels Cline
With Kris DavisGood Citizen Capricorn Climber Waiting for You to Grow
With Mark FeldmanWhat Exit
With Ronan GuilfoyleHands
With Ingrid LaubrockSleepthief Anti-House The Madness of Crowds Strong Place Zurich Concert Roulette of the Cradle Ubatuba
With Myra Melford
With Liam NobleRomance Among the Fishes
With Samo SalamonTwo Hours Almost Almond Duality
With David TornPrezens
With Tom VarnerThe Mystery of Compassion Martian Heartache
With Roseanna VitroReaching for the Moon Softly
With Jane Ira BloomModern Drama