Von Freeman: "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (drum solo)
from The Improviser; Premonition Records
(4½ stars Downbeat Magazine)

"Freeman is blessed to have found a drummer of Michael Raynor's gifts, for Raynor is a bold colorist and an ingenious time-maker."
-Chicago Tribune

Kurt Elling: "My Foolish Heart" from This Time It's Love
"Don't Get Scared" (featuring Jon Hendricks) from Live In Chicago (both Blue Note Records, Grammy nominated)

"Drummer Michael Raynor provides the momentum for the group and Elling often uses him as a springboard into new territory."
-The Telegraph, Sydney, Australia

Jennifer Graham: "Don't Mean A Thing" (featuring Ron Cooper)
(soon to be released)

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