Charles Walter Rainey III () er ein USA-amerikansk bassgitarist som gjennom åra har spelt med mange kjende artistar, inkludert Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, og Quincy Jones.
Innan 1970-åra hadde han spelt med Jerome Richardson, Grady Tate, Mose Allison, Gato Barbieri og Gene Ammons, i tillegg til med Eddie Vinson i 1971 Montreux Festival.
Diskografi
Som leiar The Chuck Rainey Coalition (Skye, 1972) Born Again (Hammer 'N Nails, 1981) Coolin' 'N Groovin med Bernard Purdie (Lexington, 1993) Bridge Gate med David T. Walker (Toy's Factory, 1994) Hangin Out Right (Char Walt, 1998) Sing and Dance (CharWalt, 1999) Interpretations of a Groove (Vivid Sound, 2013)
Som gjesteartist Med Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
Med Gato Barbieri El Pampero (Flying Dutchman, 1972) The Legend of Gato Barbieri (Flying Dutchman, 1973) Bolivia (RCA, 1985) The Third World Revisited (BMG, 1988)
Med George Benson Goodies (Verve, 1968)
Med Donald Byrd Black Byrd (Blue Note, 1973) Street Lady (Blue Note, 1973) Places and Spaces (Blue Note, 1975) Stepping into Tomorrow (Blue Note, 1975)
Med Joe Cocker I Can Stand a Little Rain (A&M, 1974) Jamaica Say You Will (A&M, 1975) Luxury You Can Afford (Asylum, 1978)
Med Larry Coryell Coryell (Vanguard, 1969) Fairyland (Mega, 1971) Basics (Vanguard, 1976)
Med The Crusaders Crusaders 1 (Blue Thumb, 1972) Hollywood (MoWest 1972) The Golden Years (GRP, 1992) The Crusaders' Finest Hour (Verve, 2000)
Med King Curtis Live at Small's Paradise (ATCO, 1966) Get Ready (ATCO, 1970) Everybody's Talkin' (ATCO, 1972) Instant Groove (Edsel, 1990)
Med Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted and Black (Atlantic, 1972) With Everything I Feel in Me (Atlantic, 1974) Let Me in Your Life (Atlantic, 1974) Sweet Passion (Atlantic, 1977)
Med Gene Harris Astralsignal (Blue Note, 1974) In a Special Way (Blue Note, 1976) Nexus (Blue Note, 1975) Tone Tantrum (Blue Note, 2001)
Med Richard «Groove» Holmes Six Million Dollar Man, (RCA/Flying Dutchman, 1975)
Med Bobbi Humphrey Blacks and Blues (Blue Note, 1973) Satin Doll (Blue Note, 1974) Fancy Dancer (Blue Note, 1975)
Med Etta James Etta James (Chess, 1973) Come a Little Closer (Chess, 1974) Deep in the Night (Warner Bros., 1978)
Med Quincy Jones Walking in Space (A&M, 1969) Smackwater Jack (A&M, 1971) Body Heat (A&M, 1974) Mellow Madness (A&M, 1975) I Heard That!! (A&M, 1976) Roots (A&M, 1977)
Med Yusef Lateef Yusef Lateef's Detroit (Atlantic, 1969) Suite 16 (Atlantic, 1970) The Gentle Giant (Atlantic, 1972)
Med David «Fathead» Newman Bigger & Better (Atlantic, 1968) The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969) The Weapon (Atlantic, 1973) Return to the Wide Open Spaces med Ellis Marsalis og Cornell Dupree (Amazing, 1990) David «Fathead» Newman
Med The Rascals Once Upon a Dream (Atlantic, 1968) Freedom Suite (Atlantic, 1969) See (Atlantic, 1969) Peaceful World (Columbia, 1971) Search and Nearness (Atlantic, 1971)
Med Steely Dan Pretzel Logic (ABC, 1974) Katy Lied (ABC, 1975) The Royal Scam (ABC, 1976) Aja (ABC, 1977) Gaucho (MCA 1980)
Med Sadao Watanabe My Dear Life (Flying Disk, 1977) California Shower (Flying Disk, 1978) Nice Shot! (Flying Disk, 1980)
Med Ernie Wilkins Blood, Sweat & Brass (Mainstream, 1970) Hard Mother Blues (Mainstream, 1970) Screaming Mothers (Mainstream, 1974)
Med andre Cannonball Adderley, The Happy People (Capitol, 1972) Mose Allison, Western Man (Atlantic, 1971) Mose Allison, Mose Allison (Atlantic, 1976) Gene Ammons, My Way (Prestige, 1971) Gene Ammons, Free Again (Prestige, 1972) Eric Andersen, Avalanche (Warner Bros., 1968) Louis Armstrong, And His Friends (Flying Dutchman, 1970) Patti Austin, End of a Rainbow (CTI, 1976) Harold Battiste, Melvin Lastie, Hal-Mel Alone Together (Opus 43, 1976) Maggie Bell, Queen of the Night (Atlantic, 1974) Brook Benton, Story Teller (Cotillion, 1971) Gene Bertoncini, Evolution! (Evolution, 1969) Bobby Bland, Reflections in Blue (ABC, 1977) Willie Bobo, A New Dimension (Verve, 1968) Terence Boylan, Terence Boylan (Asylum, 1977) Randy Brecker, Score ( (Solid State, 1969) Ray Bryant, MCMLXX (Atlantic, 1970) James Brown, Hell (Polydor, 1995) Oscar Brown jr., Brother Where Are You (Atlantic, 1974) Ruth Brown, Black Is Brown and Brown Is Beautiful (Skye, 1969) Jackson Browne, The Pretender (Asylum, 1976) Tim Buckley, Greetings from L.A. (Warner Bros., 1972) Tim Buckley, Look at the Fool (Discreet 1974) Nino Buonocore, Sabato, Domenica E Lunedi (EMI, 1990) Nino Buonocore, Un Po' Di Piu (EMI, 1993) Gary Burton, Good Vibes (Atlantic, 1970) Billy Butler, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige, 1970) Paul Butterfield, Put It in Your Ear (Bearsville, 1975) Charlie Byrd, The Great Byrd (Columbia, 1968) Andrés Calamaro, Alta Suciedad (Gasa, 1997) Cándido Camero, Thousand Finger Man (Solid State, 1970) Jim Capaldi, The Contender (Polydor, 1978) Valerie Carter, Just a Stone's Throw Away (Columbia, 1977) Valerie Carter, Wild Child (Columbia, 1978) David Clayton-Thomas, Tequila Sunrise (Columbia, 1972) David Clayton-Thomas, David Clayton–Thomas (RCA Victor, 1973) The Coasters, Young Blood (Atlantic, 1982) Hank Crawford, Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1969) Hank Crawford, It's a Funky Thing to Do (Cotillion, 1971) Fats Domino, Fats Is Back (Reprise, 1968) Les Dudek, Les Dudek (CBS, 1976) Les Dudek, Say No More (Columbia, 1977) Cornell Dupree, Bop 'N' Blues (Kokopelli, 1995) Cornell Dupree, Teasin' (Atlantic, 1974) Betty Davis, Crashin' from Passion (P-Vine, 1995) Eye to Eye, Eye to Eye (Warner Bros., 1982 Donald Fagen, The Nightfly (Warner Bros., 1982) Joe Farrell, Night Dancing (Warner Bros., 1978) Wilton Felder, Let's Spend Some Time (BCS 2005) Roberta Flack, Chapter Two (Atlantic, 1970) Roberta Flack, Quiet Fire (Atlantic, 1971) Hiroshi Fukumura med Sadao Watanabe, Hunt Up Wind (Flying Disk, 1978) Marvin Gaye, I Want You (Tamla, 1976) Lowell George, Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (Warner Bros., 1979) Dizzy Gillespie, Cornucopia (Solid State, 1970)) Dizzy Gillespie, The Real Thing (Perception, 1970) Dizzy Gillespie, Matrix (Castle Music 2000) Grant Green, Visions (Blue Note, 1971) Arlo Guthrie, Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Reprise, 1973) Bobbye Hall, Body Language for Lovers (20th Century 1977) John Handy, Hard Work (ABC/Impulse!, 1976) Rufus Harley, King/Queens (Atlantic, 1970) Eddie Harris, Plug Me In (Atlantic, 1968) Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway (ATCO, 1971) Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand (1973) Richie Havens, Connections (Elektra, 1979) Hampton Hawes, Universe (Prestige, 1972) Edwin Hawkins, Wonderful! (Birthright 1976) Red Holloway, Red Soul (Prestige, 1966) Richard Groove Holmes, Comin' On Home (Blue Note, 1971) Richard Groove Holmes, Six Million Dollar Man (Flying Dutchman, 1975) Lena Horne & Gabor Szabo, Lena & Gabor (Skye, 1970) Freddie Hubbard, Liquid Love (Columbia, 1975) Paul Humphrey, Supermellow (Blue Thumb, 1973) Bobby Hutcherson, Linger Lane (Blue Note, 1975) Paul Jabara, Keeping Time (Casablanca, 1978) Ahmad Jamal, One (20th Century Fox, 1978) Tom Jans, The Eyes of an Only Child (CBS, 1975) Paul Jeffrey, Paul Jeffrey (Mainstream, 1974) Garland Jeffreys, Garland Jeffreys (Atlantic, 1973) Sammy Johns, Sammy Johns (GRC, 1973) J.J. Johnson og Kai Winding, Betwixt & Between (A&M/CTI) Rickie Lee Jones, Pirates (Warner Bros., 1981) Tamiko Jones, I'll Be Anything for You (A&M/CTI, 1968) Marc Jordan, Mannequin (Warner Bros., 1978) Margie Joseph, Margie Joseph (Atlantic, 1973) Margie Joseph, Sweet Surrender (Atlantic, 1974) Robin Kenyatta, Stompin' at the Savoy (Atlantic, 1974) Albert King, Truckload of Lovin''' (Tomato, 1978) Bobby King & Terry Evans, Rhythm, Blues, Soul & Grooves (Special Delivery 1990) John Klemmer, Touch (ABC, 1975) Al Kooper, You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Columbia, 1969) Charles Kynard, Woga (Mainstream, 1972) Charles Kynard, Your Mama Don't Dance (Mainstream, 1973) Bill LaBounty, Bill LaBounty (Warner Bros., 1982) Hubert Laws, Laws' Cause (Atlantic, 1969) Peggy Lee, Let's Love(Atlantic, 1974) Claudia Lennear, Phew! (Warner Bros., 1973) Lightnin' Rod, Hustlers Convention Mike Lipskin, California Here I Come (Flying Dutchman, 1971) Little Feat, Hoy-Hoy! (Warner Bros., 1990) Nils Lofgren, Cry Tough (A&M, 1976) Lawrence Lucie, Mixed Emotions (Toy, 1979) Jon Lucien, Song for My Lady (Columbia, 1975) Jon Lucien, Premonition, (Columbia, 1976) Cheryl Lynn, Cheryl Lynn (Columbia, 1978) Cheryl Lynn, In Love (1979) Ralph MacDonald, Sound of a Drum (Marlin, 1976) Ralph MacDonald, The Path (Marlin, 1978) Mike Mainieri, Journey Thru an Electric Tube (Solid State, 1968) Junior Mance, With a Lotta Help from My Friends (Atlantic, 1970) Melissa Manchester, Don't Cry Out Loud (Arista, 1978) Herbie Mann, Push Push (Embryo, 1971) Herbie Mann, Deep Pocket (Kokopelli, 1992) Bob Marley, Freedom Time (Fiftyfive 2002) Dave Mason, It's Like You Never Left (Columbia, 1973) Harvey Mason, Marching in the Street (Arista, 1975) Percy Mayfield, Weakness Is a Thing Called Man (RCA Victor, 1970) Percy Mayfield, Blues and Then Some (RCA Victor, 1971) Randy McAllister, Grease, Grit, Dirt & Spit (JSP, 1998) Randy McAllister, Double Rectified Bust Head (JSP, 1999) Les McCann, Another Beginning (Atlantic, 1974) Gary McFarland, Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? (Skye, 1968) Gary McFarland, America the Beautiful (Skye, 1969) Jimmy McGriff og Junior Parker, The Dudes Doin' Business (Capitol) Ry Cooder, The Slide Area (1982) Sergio Mendes, Sergio Mendes (Elektra, 1975) Sergio Mendes, Homecooking (Elektra, 1976) Bette Midler, Bette Midler (Atlantic, 1973) Bette Midler, Broken Blossom (1977) Blue Mitchell, The Last Tango Blues (Mainstream, 1973) Howdy Moon, Howdy Moon (A&M, 1987) Barbara Morrison, Love'n You (P.C.H. 1990) Martin Mull, I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (ABC, 1977) Laura Nyro, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (Columbia, 1970) Robert Palmer, Some People Can Do What They Like (Island, 1976) Felix Pappalardi, Don't Worry, Ma (A&M, 1979) Johnny Pate, Outrageous (MGM, 1970) Jim Pepper, Pepper's Pow Wow (Embryo, 1971) Armando Peraza, Wild Thing (Skye, 1969) Esther Phillips, Burnin (Atlantic, 1970) Esther Phillips, Confessin' the Blues (Atlantic, 1976) Shawn Phillips, Bright White (A&M, 1973) Shawn Phillips, Spaced (A&M, 1977) Pink Lady, America! America! America! (Victor, 1978) Billy Preston, Late at Night (Motown, 1979) Billy Preston, Pressin' On (Motown, 1982) Bernard Purdie, Stand By Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) (Mega, 1971) Bill Quateman, Shot in the Dark (RCA Victor, 1977) Jerome Richardson, Groove Merchant (Verve, 1967) Minnie Riperton, Stay in Love (Epic, 1977) Minnie Riperton, Minnie (Capitol, 1979) Lee Ritenour, First Course (Epic, 1976) Smokey Robinson, Love Breeze (Tamla, 1978) Smokey Robinson, Where There's Smoke (Tamla, 1979) Tim Rose, Tim Rose (CBS, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Nucleus (Milestone, 1975) Diana Ross, Red Hot Rhythm + Blues (EMI, 1987) Lara Saint Paul, Saffo Music Mongo Santamaria, Mongo's Way (Atlantic, 1971) Merl Saunders, Fire Up (Fantasy, 1973) Leo Sayer, Leo Sayer (Chrysalis, 1978) Leo Sayer, Here (Chrysalis, 1979) Shirley Scott, Something (Atlantic, 1970) Tom Scott, Blow It Out (Epic, 1977) Don Sebesky, Don Sebesky & the Jazz Rock Syndrome (Verve, 1968) Don Sebesky, The Distant Galaxy (Verve, 1968) Marlena Shaw, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (Blue Note, 1975) Singers Unlimited, Friends (Pausa 1977) Johnny «Hammond» Smith, Gears (Milestone, 1975) Lonnie Smith, Drives Lonnie Smith, Mama Wailer (Kudu, 1971) Dusty Springfield, It Begins Again (United Artists, 1978) Ringo Starr, Ringo the 4th (Atlantic, 1977) The Supremes, Mary, Scherrie & Susaye (Motown, 1976) Sylvers, Something Special (Capitol, 1976) Syreeta Wright, One to One (Tamla, 1977)