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 Berne
  • Visitation Rites
  • 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
  • Currents, Constellations
With Kris Davis
With Mark Feldman
With Ronan Guilfoyle
  • Hands
With Ingrid Laubrock
  • Sleepthief
  • Anti-House
  • The Madness of Crowds
  • Strong Place
  • Zurich Concert
  • Roulette of the Cradle
  • Ubatuba
With Myra Melford
With Liam Noble
  • Romance Among the Fishes
With Samo Salamon
  • Two Hours
  • Almost Almond
  • Duality
With David Torn
  • Prezens
With Tom Varner
With Roseanna Vitro
With Jane Ira Bloom
  • Modern Drama
  • ''Slalom''