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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 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.

Article: Live Review

Marshall Allen, Trae Crudup, Black Cherry, and DoYeon Kim At Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 2, 2026

Marshall Allen, Trae Cruddup, Hamid Drake, William Parker, DoYeon Kim Abrons Arts Center Vision Festival June 26, 2026 Creative music (in William Parker's words, “so-called jazz") is an old scene in New York City. Ornette Coleman at least nominally birthed the “free jazz" movement in the '60s, and ever since, the ...

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Big Ears 2026

by Mark Sullivan
April 9, 2026

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 26-29, 2026 Another year, another jam-packed festival lineup. The Spotlight presentations included SUSS Presents Across the Horizon, an ambient country experience; films and performances related to Ethiopia's musical legacy; and David Byrne's Who is the Sky? Polish pianist/composer Hania Rani offered an ambient concert and the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Music From Favourite Recordings of 2025

by Maurice Hogue
January 12, 2026

Aside from the two opening tracks from South African drummer Asher Gamedze's upcoming release, A Semblance Of Return, the rest of this show features a track from each of the 25 favourite recordings played on One Man's Jazz in 2025. These were chosen from recordings released by artists from almost 40 different countries. It was a ...

Album

Yikes Too

By Tim Berne

Label: Screwgun Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Oddly Enough; Guitar Star; Yikes; Yikes 2; Marmite Woman; Julius Hemphill; Bat Channel; Trauma; Poky(e); Sorry Variations; Bat Channel (live); Oddly Enough (live); Curls (live); Guitar Star (live); Trauma (live); Sludge (live); Clandestine (live); Middle Seat Blues (live).

Album

Consentrik Quartet

By Nels Cline

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Returning Angel; The 23; Surplus; Slipping into Something; Allende; House of Steam; Inner Wall; Satomi; The Bag; Down Close; Question Marks (The Spot); Time of No Sirens.

Album

¿QUÉ?

By Ian Smit

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bee Still; Next is a Good Place to Be; That Not So Clear Day in September; Oil Can Sweets; Raindrops and Waterspouts; A Quiet Cafe Until It's Not; Oil Can Beets; Barker de la Carnivale; Oil Can Leeks; Wizard of Wut; Pitter Patter All That Matters

Album

A Modicum Of The Blues

By Ivo Perelman

Label: Fundacja Sluchaj
Released: 2025
Track listing: A Modicum Of Blues Part 1; A Modicum Of Blues Part 2; A Modicum Of Blues Part 3; A Modicum Of Blues Part 4; A Modicum Of Blues Part 5.

Article: Album Review

Ivo Perelman, Nate Wooley, Matt Moran, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey: A Modicum Of The Blues

Read "A Modicum Of The Blues" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 16, 2025

An intrepid and groundbreaking saxophonist, Ivo Perelman excels in the company of like-minded artists. Thus, the majority of his work is either in duos or with small ensembles. The soulful A Modicum of the Blues is an entirely improvised five-movement suite featuring a quintet of long-standing collaborators. It is a masterful blend of fiery spontaneity and ...

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Gregg Belisle-Chi: Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne

Read "Slow Crawl: Performing the Music of Tim Berne" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
December 15, 2025

Il rapporto di Gregg Belisle-Chi con la musica di Tim Berne è stretto. Ne avevamo conosciuto gli ampi legami nel primo volume dedicato alle composizioni del sassofonista, Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne, uscito nel 2021. Poi nella pubblicazione in duo di Mars e Zone One dell'anno successivo, e in quella di Yikes Too, edito ...