Though his focus is mainly jazz, including gigs with Freddie Hubbard and Kurt Elling, Raynor has played with a wide array of artists from Yma Sumac to Chicago Symphony Orchestra chamber groups. For more extensive name-dropping, click here.

Last fall Raynor was selected to tour as a Jazz Ambassador in East Asia. The six-week tour, sponsored by the State Department and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is a unique cultural exchange designed to bring jazz around the world.

"Drummer Michael Raynor plays with consistent good taste and imagination."
        -Jazz Times