Tom Rainey

Tom Rainey
Drummer Tom Rainey performing Faux Faux at The Cinema in West Philadelphia on 30 July 2006
Background information
Born	1957 Santa Barbara, California United States
Genres	Jazz, Avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1980s - present

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

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.

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram

With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock

With Ingrid Laubrock

With Tim Berne

With Kris Davis

With Mark Feldman

With Ingrid Laubrock

With Liam Noble

With David Torn

With Tom Varner

With Roseanna Vitro