Tom Rainey Obbligato - Float Upstream (2017) [Official Digital Download]

On this second CD with his band Obbligato Tom Rainey surprises with standards and beautiful love songs like «Stella by Starlight», „What Is This Thing Called Love“ or „I Fall in Love too Easily“.

Tom Rainey has played in bands with Tim Berne, Fred Hirsch and Craig Taborn, and his own trio with Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson. For this ensemble he chose some of the finest players New York has to offer: Ingrid Laubrock, Ralph Alessi, Kris Davis and Drew Gress.

Christian Broecking writes (liner notes): „With Obbligato, Rainey brings two familiar acquaintances from Jazz history to the fore – collective playing and improvising on Standards – the actual material itself, the well-known melodies and chord progressions are not overly taken apart. With Obbligato he wanted to find his own way of playing the milestones of Jazz history.“

Tracklist:
1. Stella by Starlight 05:15
2. Beatrice 06:21
3. What Is This Thing Called Love 04:02
4. What’s New 10:35
5. There is no Greater Love 06:48
6. Float Upstream 05:23
7. I Fall in Love too Easily 04:53

Personnel:
Ralph Alessi, trumpet
Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones
Kris Davis, piano
Drew Gress, bass
Tom Rainey, drums

Recorded January 19th, 2017 at Brooklyn Recording in NYC by Andy Taub
Mixed by Andy Taub on January 26th, 2017
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf! Productions Inc. on May 3rd, 2017
Produced by Tom Rainey and Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt