The Process
Studio album by Chad Smith, Bill Laswell, Jon Batiste
Released	November 4, 2014
Recorded	2013
Genre	jazz-funk, hip-hop, avant-garde jazz
Label	M.O.D. Technologies
Producer	Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
The Dream Membrane (2014) The Process (2014)

The Process is a 2014 album recorded by a supergroup ^[1] of musicians that consists of Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, bassist/producer Bill Laswell and jazz pianist Jonathan Batiste. The album was recorded in 2013 as a musical score for a film that had yet to be written and never ended up being made. ^[2] The album also features guest appearances by Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Wu-Tang affiliate Killah Priest, avant-garde jazz musician Peter Apfelbaum, and avant-garde jazz trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, among others. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "B1"
2. "Drop Away"
3. "Timeline"
4. "Haunted"
5. "B2"
6. "Turn on the Light/Ascent"
7. "Black Arc"
8. "Spiral"
9. "B3"
10. "Time Falls"
11. "The Drift"

Personnel

Taken from information on the ^[4]

Musicians

• Jon Batiste – piano, electric piano, Hammond organ, electronic keyboards, harmonaboard, percussion
• Chad Smith – drums, percussion
• Bill Laswell – basses, guitar, electronics

Additional Personnel

• Tunde Adebimpe – vocals on "Drop Away"
• Killah Priest – vocals on "Turn on the Light/Ascent"
• Garrison Hawk – vocals on "Turn on the Light/Ascent"
• Toshinoro Kondo – trumpet on "Haunted"
• Peter Apfelbaum – flute & tenor saxophone on 6 & soprano saxophone on "The Drift"
• Dominic James – guitar on "Black Arc" and "The Drift"

References

External links

• The Process on Facebook
• The Process - Discogs Entry
• The Process on Bandcamp

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