Tom Rainey

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.

As leader

 * Pool School (Clean Feed, 2010)
 * Camino Cielo Echo (Intakt, 2012)
 * Obbligato (Intakt, 2014)
 * Hotel Grief (Intakt, 2015)
 * Float Upstream (Intakt, 2017)
 * Combobulated (Intakt, 2019)
 * Untucked In Hannover (Intakt, 2021)

As co-leader
With Simon Nabatov & Nils Wogram With Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis & Ingrid Laubrock With Ingrid Laubrock
 * Nawora (Leo, 2012)
 * LARK (Skirl, 2013)
 * And Other Desert Towns (Relative Pitch, 2014)
 * Buoyancy (Relative Pitch, 2016)
 * Utter (Relative Pitch, 2018)

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
 * Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994) with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
 * Visitation Rites (Screwgun), 1997)
 * Big Satan (Winter & Winter, 1997)
 * Please Advise (Screwgun, 1999)
 * The Shell Game (Thirsty Ear, 2001)
 * Science Friction (Screwgun, 2002)
 * The Sublime And (Thirsty Ear, 2003)
 * Souls Saved Hear (Thirsty Ear, 2004)
 * Electric and Acoustic Hard Cell Live (Screwgun, 2004)
 * Feign (Screwgun, 2005)
 * Pre-Emptive Denial (Screwgun, 2005)
 * Livein Cognito (Screwgun, 2006)
 * Currents, Constellations (Blue Note, 2018)
 * Good Citizen (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2010)
 * Capricorn Climber (Clean Feed, 2013)
 * Waiting for You to Grow (Clean Feed, 2014)
 * What Exit (ECM, 2006)
 * Hands (Portmanteau, 2015)
 * Sleepthief (Intakt, 2008)
 * Anti-House (Intakt, 2010)
 * The Madness of Crowds (Intakt, 2011)
 * Strong Place (Intakt, 2013)
 * Zurich Concert (Intakt, 2014)
 * Roulette of the Cradle (Intakt, 2015)
 * Ubatuba (Firehouse 12, 2015)
 * The October Revolution (Evidence, 1996) featured on one track
 * Romance Among the Fishes (Basho, 2004)
 * Two Hours (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006)
 * Almost Almond (Sanje, 2011)
 * Duality (Samo Records, 2012)
 * Prezens (ECM, 2005)
 * The Mystery of Compassion (Soul Note, 1992)
 * Martian Heartache (Soul Note, 1996)
 * Reaching for the Moon (Chase Music Group, 1991)
 * Softly (Concord Jazz, 1993)
 * Modern Drama (Columbia, 1987)
 * Slalom (Columbia, 1988)