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 saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Discography

As leader

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram
With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock
With Ingrid Laubrock
With Ray Anderson
With Tim Berne
With Nels Cline
With Kris Davis
With Mark Feldman
With Ronan Guilfoyle
With Ingrid Laubrock
With Liam Noble
With David Torn
With Tom Varner
With Roseanna Vitro
With Jane Ira Bloom