Pino Palladino

Voodoo

D'Angelo · 2000

Pino PalladinoPino Palladinoピノ・パラディーノ met D'Angelo in the late 1990s at Electric Lady Studios during a B.B. King session. D'Angelo recruited him on the spot for VoodooVoodooD'Angelo · 2000 (2000). A Welsh session bassist ended up anchoring a neo-soul landmark — and it became the turning point toward his later work with the John Mayer Trio and The Who.

— Voodoo (D'Angelo album), Wikipedia, 2024

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Adele · 2011

The four Rick Rubin–produced tracks on Adele's 21 (2011) — 'Don't You Remember,' 'He Won't Go,' 'One and Only,' and 'Lovesong' — were played by Chris DaveChris Daveクリス・デイヴ on drums, Pino PalladinoPino Palladinoピノ・パラディーノ on bass, and James Poyser on piano. Recorded at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, these sessions are a prime example of R&B/jazz musicians anchoring a pop album. The album sold over 31 million copies worldwide.

— Superdrummer Chris Dave on Why He Needed to Make His Own Album — Rolling Stone

The Mugician

Keyon Harrold · 2017

Drunk

Thundercat · 2017

Gray Area

Terrace Martin · 2015

Velvet Portraits

Terrace Martin · 2016

Terrace Martin trained as a jazz saxophonist, but in 2015 he helped shape the sound of a landmark hip-hop album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Around the same time he was quietly releasing straight jazz records like Velvet Portraits and Gray Area under his own name, moving between the two worlds with the same hands.