Tom Rainey (born 1957) 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 (Clean Feed, 2010) in a trio with guitarist Mary Halvorson and his wife, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock.

Discography

As leader

As co-leader

With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock With Ingrid Laubrock

As sideman

With Ray Anderson With Tim Berne With Nels Cline With Kris Davis With Mark Feldman With Ronan Guilfoyle With Ingrid Laubrock With Myra Melford With Liam Noble With Samo Salamon With David Torn With Tom Varner With Roseanna Vitro With Jane Ira Bloom