Chuck Rainey
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Chuck Rainey, (born June 17, 1940 Charles Walter Rainey III in Cleveland, Ohio) is a bass guitar session musician known for playing with maybe the greatest amount of well-known American musicians and acts, including Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin and The Supremes.
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Discography
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As leader
- The Chuck Rainey Coalition (1972, Skye)
- Born Again (1981, Hammer 'N Nails)
- Hangin Out Right (1996, CharWalt)
- Sing and Dance (1998, CharWalt)
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As session player
- 1965: Red Holloway – Red Soul (Prestige)
- 1967: Phil Upchurch – Feeling Blue (Milestone)
- 1968: Hubert Laws – Laws' Cause (Atlantic)
- 1968: David Newman – Bigger & Better (Atlantic), The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic)
- 1968: Cal Tjader – Solar Heat
- 1968: Laura Nyro – Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
- 1968: J. J. Johnson and Kai Winding – Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI)
- 1968: Eddie Harris – Plug Me In (Atlantic)
- 1968: Willie Bobo – A New Dimension (Verve)
- 1968: George Benson – Goodies (Verve)
- 1969: The Rascals – Freedom Suite
- 1969: Gary McFarland – America the Beautiful
- 1969: Hank Crawford – Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic)
- 1969: Yusef Lateef – Yusef Lateef's Detroit (Atlantic)
- 1969: Quincy Jones – Walking in Space (CTI)
- 1969: Lena Horne and Gábor Szabó – Lena & Gabor (Skye)
- 1969: Dizzy Gillespie – Cornucopia (Solid State)
- 1969: Gary Burton – Good Vibes (Atlantic)
- 1969: Al Kooper – You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
- 1969: Jimmy McGriff – Electric Funk
- 1970: Johnny Pate – Outrageous
- 1970: Junior Mance – With a Lotta Help from My Friends (Atlantic)
- 1970: Jimmy McGriff and Junior Parker - The Dudes Doin' Business (Capitol)
- 1970: Shirley Scott – Something (Atlantic)
- 1970: Billy Butler: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige)
- 1970: Yusef Lateef – Suite 16 (Atlantic)
- 1970: Ray Bryant – MCMLXX (Atlantic)
- 1970: Roberta Flack – Chapter Two
- 1970: Laura Nyro – Christmas and the Beads of Sweat
- 1970: Lonnie Smith – Drives
- 1971: Hank Crawford – It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion)
- 1971: Gato Barbieri – El Pampero (Flying Dutchman)
- 1971: Donny Hathaway – Donny Hathaway
- 1971: Yusef Lateef – The Gentle Giant (Atlantic)
- 1971: Grant Green – Visions
- 1971: Larry Coryell - Fairyland (Mega)
- 1971: Gene Ammons – My Way (Prestige), Free Again (Prestige)
- 1971: Bernard Purdie Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega)
- 1971: Roberta Flack – Quiet Fire
- 1971: Mose Allison – Western Man (Atlantic)
- 1972: Quincy Jones - The Hot Rock OST (Prophesy)
- 1972: The Crusaders – Hollywood
- 1972: The Crusaders – 1
- 1972: Hampton Hawes – Universe (Prestige)
- 1972: Joe Walsh – Barnstorm
- 1972: Phil Upchurch – Darkness, Darkness
- 1972: Delaney, Bonnie & Friends – D&B Together
- 1972: Charles Kynard – Woga (Mainstream)
- 1972: Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace
- 1972: Tim Buckley – Greetings from L.A.
- 1973: Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
- 1973: Dave Mason – It's Like You Never Left
- 1973: Margie Joseph – Margie Joseph
- 1973: Afrique – Soul Makossa
- 1973: David Newman – The Weapon (Atlantic)
- 1973: Charles Kynard – Your Mama Don't Dance (Mainstream)
- 1973: Mary McCreary – Butterflies In Heaven
- 1973: Bobbi Humphrey – Blacks and Blues
- 1973: David Clayton-Thomas – David Clayton–Thomas
- 1973: Lightnin' Rod – Hustlers Convention
- 1973: Donald Byrd – Street Lady
- 1973: Aretha Franklin – With Everything I Feel in Me
- 1973: Bette Midler – Bette Midler
- 1973: Sammy Johns – Sammy Johns
- 1974: Maggie Bell – Queen Of The Night
- 1974: Donald Byrd – Stepping into Tomorrow
- 1974: Bobbi Humphrey – Satin Doll
- 1974: Marlena Shaw – Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
- 1974: Les McCann – Another Beginning
- 1974: Peggy Lee – Let's Love
- 1974: Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
- 1975: Donald Byrd – Places and Spaces
- 1975: Johnny Hammond – Gears
- 1975: Bobby Hutcherson – Linger Lane
- 1975: Gene Harris – Nexus
- 1975: Bobbi Humphrey – Fancy Dancer
- 1975: Harvey Mason – Marching In The Street
- 1975: Steely Dan – Katy Lied
- 1976: John Handy – Hard Work (ABC/Impulse)
- 1976: Robert Palmer – Some People Can Do What They Like
- 1976: Nils Lofgren – Cry Tough
- 1976: Patti Austin – End of a Rainbow (CTI)
- 1976: Gene Harris – In a Special Way
- 1976: Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '77 – Homecooking
- 1976: Steely Dan – The Royal Scam
- 1976: David T. Walker – On Love
- 1976: Jackson Browne – The Pretender
- 1976: King Errisson – The Magic Man
- 1976: Marvin Gaye – I Want You
- 1976: Betty Davis – Hangin' Out In Hollywood / Crashin' From Passion
- 1977: Minnie Riperton – Stay in Love
- 1977: Lara Saint Paul – Saffo Music
- 1977: Quincy Jones - Roots (A&M)
- 1977: Tom Scott – Blow It Out
- 1977: Steely Dan – Aja
- 1977: Terence Boylan - Terence Boylan
- 1978: Dusty Springfield – It Begins Again
- 1978: Jiro Inagaki & Chuck Rainey Rhythm Section – Blockbuster
- 1978: Leo Sayer – Leo Sayer
- 1978: Frankie Valli– Valli is the Word
- 1978: Tavares – Future Bound
- 1978: D.C. LaRue – Confessions
- 1978: Cheryl Lynn – Cheryl Lynn
- 1979: Lowell George – Thanks, I'll Eat It Here
- 1979: Leo Sayer – Here
- 1979: Minnie Riperton – Minnie
- 1980: Steely Dan – Gaucho
- 1981: Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates
- 1982: Larry Coryell – Fairyland
- 1982: Ry Cooder – The Slide Area
- 1982: Eye to Eye – Eye to Eye
- 1982: Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
- 1982: Leon Ware – Why I Came to California
- 1997: Andrés Calamaro – Alta suciedad
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