Tom Rainey Trio - Hotel Grief (2015) [Official Digital Download]

After making the studio recording 'Camino Ciel Echo', New York drummer Tom Rainey’s trio has now recorded a “live” album containing the distilled essence of numerous concerts including several European tours.

Tom Rainey, born in 1957 in Santa Barbara, was known at an earlier stage of his career as an exceptional drummer. Since he moved to New York he has played with some of the “heavy weights” of the contemporary jazz scene including Mark Helias, Kris Davis, Tim Berne and Tony Malaby. For his own trio – based on the concept of equality – he has chosen two strong female musicians. Ingrid Laubrock is a saxophonist who plays with an extraordinary sensitivity for structure and form, fusing intellect and poetry in her refined improvisations. Mary Halvorson is one of the most sought after jazz guitarist of her generation. She has developed a highly individual style and sound and surprises the listener with astonishing effects. As an ensemble they play a refreshingly new and unsentimental music: “A concise lecture on the aesthetics of collective sound shaping”, as one critic said.

Tracklist:
01 last overtune
02 hotel grief
03 briefly lompoc
04 proud achievements in botany
05 mr. k.c. (for keith copeland)

Personnel:
Tom Rainey, drums
Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones
Mary Halvorson, guitar

Recorded live at Cornelia Street Café in NYC on December 30, 2013, by Amandine Pras
Mixed by Amandine Pras in April, 2014, at CIRMMT
Mastered by Alan Silverman in NYC, April, 2015
Produced by Patrik Landolt