Chuck Rainey


Charles Walter Rainey III is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones.

Biography

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.
While his "sideman" philosophy of bass has not brought him the level of recognition of star players such as Jaco Pastorius, Rainey has recorded extensively.
On November 5, 2011, Rainey had a stroke.
In an interview with Chris Jisi in April 2020, Rainey disclosed that he had retired as a bassist and turned his focus to writing his biography and developing a music education enterprise called Rhythm Intensive.

Discography

As leader

With Louis Armstrong
With Gato Barbieri
With George Benson
With Donald Byrd
With Joe Cocker
With Larry Coryell
With The Crusaders
With King Curtis
With Aretha Franklin
With Gene Harris
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
With Bobbi Humphrey
With Etta James
With Quincy Jones
With Yusef Lateef
With David "Fathead" Newman
With The Rascals
With Steely Dan
With Sadao Watanabe
With Ernie Wilkins
With others