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Pino Palladino & Blake Mills: Taka

By Ludovico Granvassu
July 30, 2025
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Believe it or not, it has already been four years since

Pino Palladino

bass, electric
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Pino Palladino and

" data-original-title="" title="">Blake Mills released Notes with Attachments. The good knews for those, like me, who have been eagerly waiting for a follow up to that sonic flying carpet, is that the wait is over. Almost. Impulse! Records is about to release Palladino and Mills' sophomore release, That Wasn't a Dream.

The first single, "Taka"—featuring

Chris Dave

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Dave on drums—is already out, and if it is any indication of what That Wasn't a Dream is going to sound like, we are in for a treat, once again.

Contact Ludovico Granvassu on All About Jazz.
I'm the Editor-in-Chief of All About Jazz Italia, host of Mondo Jazz on Radio Free Brooklyn and was once visited by Frank Zappa's ghost.... he was funny too.

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