The Process (Jon Batiste, Chad Smith and Bill Laswell album)

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| name = The Process

| type = Album

| artist = Chad Smith, Bill Laswell, Jon Batiste

| cover = Theprocessalbum.jpg

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| released = November 4, 2014

| recorded = 2013

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| genre = jazz-funk, hip-hop, avant-garde jazz

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| label = M.O.D. Technologies

| producer = Bill Laswell

| chronology = Bill Laswell

| prev_title = The Dream Membrane

| prev_year = 2014

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The Process is a 2014 album recorded by a supergroup{{cite web|url=https://www.jazziz.com/jon-batiste-chad-smith-bill-laswell/|title=The Process: Jon Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell|first=John Frederick|last=Moore|date=9 January 2015|via=Jazziz Magazine}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/107069322|title=THE PROCESS, with Bill Laswell, Jon Batiste, and Chad Smith|first=Jay|last=Bulger|date=24 September 2014|access-date=16 April 2018|via=Vimeo}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mod-technologies.com/|title=Bill Laswell Presents: M.O.D. Technologies|website=www.mod-technologies.com|access-date=16 April 2018}}