Chuck Rainey
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- Works
- 3
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- Mel Bay Presents Time Signature Studies for Bass
- Fusion Bass
- The Complete Electric Bass Player
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Chuck Rainey, (born Charles Walter Rainey III, June 17, 1940, Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American bass guitar session musician, known for playing with many well-known American musicians and acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin. Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet. Later, while attending Lane College in Tennessee, Rainey switched to baritone horn to join the school's travelling brass ensemble. <a href="https://www.last.fm
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Skye Records
- Official website
- www.chuckrainey.com
- Image
- Ronnie Cuber (2005).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-06-17
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- Chuck Rainey
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