Vibraphonist, percussionist, and songwriter Mike Dillon is an eclectic, highly adventurous musician with a sound steeped in post-bop jazz, funk, and avant-garde rock. Drawing upon such wide-ranging influences as , , , and , he has led and co-led numerous ensembles, including the , , and . As a sideman, Dillon has also worked with a varying cadre of acclaimed performers, such as ' , , , and . In addition, he has released his own genre-bending albums, including 2007's Battery Milk with his band, 2014's New Orleans jazz- and R&B-influenced Band of Outsiders, and 2020's inventive covers album Rosewood. In 2021, he released an ambitious, deeply personal trilogy of albums: Shoot the Moon, Suitcase Man, and 1918.