Jacaranda is the fifth studio album from the South African American musician and film composer Trevor Rabin, released on May 8, 2012 on Varèse Sarabande. His first solo album of new material since Can't Look Away (1989), Rabin started work on a new album in 2007 when he began writing instrumentals that were challenging to play that cover a variety of genres, including jazz fusion, rock, blues, classical, and bluegrass. Most of the album's song titles refer to something from Rabin's experiences while growing up in South Africa. Recording took place over a six-year period at Rabin's home recording studio in Los Angeles. Five guest musicians perform on the album that include drummers Lou Molino III, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Rabins' son Ryan, bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, and singer Liz Constantine.

After the release date of Jacaranda was pushed back several times, the album saw a limited release which entered the U.S. Billboard charts at number 6 under Contemporary Jazz Albums and number 19 under Jazz Albums. Several reviewers rated the album highly, giving praise to Rabin's musical abilities and the variety of genres he covers. Rabin cites Jacaranda as the best album of his career, and announced that a follow up album with more lead vocals had entered production.

Jacaranda is Rabin's first studio album of all new material since Can't Look Away (1989), a gap of 23 years. Since his departure from the rock band Yes in 1995, Rabin has worked as a film composer in Los Angeles, California. The idea of producing a solo album came about in 2007 when Rabin began, without any direction or influence from a record company, write "music that I enjoy" and "challenging for me to play", feeling "totally free" to develop new material and not be concerned if it was liked or not. Working on film scores for a long time made Rabin realise that their tight structure did not allow for him to "really stretch out and really play", resulting in him not playing anything challenging or technical on the guitar for a while. He opted to make an instrumental album as one with lead vocals and lyrics did not interest him at the time, and pointed out the benefit of changing track titles easily should he wish to change them. The many technical guitar passages on the album caused Rabin to blister his hands from recording, which he said was "really tough going".

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