About Us

In 1996, Chris moved to New York and continued his graduate studies earning a Masters Degree at the Manhattan School of Music studying trombone, jazz composition, and arranging.

As a trombonist, Chris performs and records regularly with several New York-area big bands, including the New York Big Band featured at Tavern on the Green in Central Park, and the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. Chris has also performed as lead trombonist and soloist with the Artie Shaw Orchestra in performances throughout the U.S. and Canada. In 1998, he was lead trombonist for the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra tour of Finland and Sweden, where he performed with The New York Voices at the Aland Jazz Festival.

Chris has performed and recorded with rock and funk groups, including the New Soul Orchestra, the Latin-funk group Mata Buena, the Haitian music group the New York All-Stars, and with many New York salsa band leaders, such as George Lamond.

Chris has performed as a member of horn sections for many rock and doo-wop artists,

including Gene Pitney, Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Al Martino, and Lou Christie.

As a pit orchestra trombonist, Chris Rinaman has performed on Broadway in Curtains and The Apple Tree, and at several regional theaters in New York, in the shows Gypsy, Hello Dolly, A Chorus Line, On the Town, Anything Goes, and Singin’ in the Rain. In 1999, Chris traveled to Taiwan and Singapore as the trombonist for the touring production of A Chorus Line. On euphonium, Chris Rinaman was a member of the St. Johns River City Band in Jacksonville, Florida. In New York, he has performed and recorded with the Imperial Brass Band and the Gramercy Brass Band, whose recording “American Anthems” is available on the Koch International record label.

For the past few years, Chris Rinaman has been active as a freelance composer and arranger. In 2000, he was the arranger for "A Tribute to Jimmy Rushing" at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, featuring Allan Harris, Eric Reed and Carl Allen. In 2002, while working as an assistant to Academy Award-winning film composer Howard Shore, Chris Rinaman was the head score consultant for the world premiere of "The Fellowship of the Ring for Symphony Orchestra and Chorus" at the Hollywood Bowl. In November 2005, Chris was commissioned by the Riverside Opera Orchestra to provide a concert of orchestral arrangements for leading Broadway vocalist William Michals. He has also created orchestra arrangements for singer Giada Valenti. In addition, Chris has created horn arrangements for several rock and Latin groups, including the debut album for the New York All-Stars, Pou-La-Vi, available on Antilles Muzik Records, and horn arrangements for the his current band “Double Take”.

In 2003, Chris Rinaman launched Shiny Nickel Music, a music services company that provides original compositions for film scores and corporate videos, music arrangements and transcriptions, as well as professional engraving and transposition services. His credits include theme music for the travel series Let’s Vacation on the PAX-TV network, the score to the film Diamondz ‘n da Ruff, and music for the documentary, Battery Park City: Who Knew?

Sales Manager: Antonia Molino 732-995-8372 info@doubletakemusic.com