Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra - I Shouldn't Be Telling You This


Label:

Decca

Genre:

Jazz

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ADEC 20701
UPC: 602508060526
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Actor, jazz musician Jeff Goldblum with his long-time band

Features guests Anna Calvi, Fiona Apple, Inara George and more

Iconic actor Jeff Goldblum, with his longtime band The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, has revealed the details of an album which will make the listener smile even more than his first one, if that's possible.

I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, on Decca Records, yet again showcases Goldblum as he brings his on-screen charisma and eccentricities to the piano, with playing that is "as loose and improvisational as his acting" (Daily Telegraph). We are treated not only to his piano-playing skills but to his incredibly distinctive voice, featured with impressive array of suprising duet guests.

Goldblum's previous album debut — which was met with glowing reviews and landed the Hollywood icon a No.1 jazz album in both the U.K. and U.S. — was described in The Times as performing an important service by "reminding us that jazz should be allowed to be fun."  The man himself takes center stage to sing "Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day." First released on Decca in 1934, it is here particularly poignant coming from the father of two young sons.

But before his closing lullaby, Goldblum has assembled an extraordinary gang of vocalists from all walks of musical life, some of whom reveal their jazz voices for the very first time on I Shouldn't Be Telling You This. After the triumphant Glastonbury performance, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten stars on the first single, Irving Berlin's classic number "Let's Face The Music And Dance," which you can hear below. Also joining Goldblum is Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominee Anna Calvi, for a mash-up of Wes Montgomery's "Four on Six" and Marianne Faithful's "Broken English."

The 1954 Frank Sinatra hit "Don't Worry ‘Bout Me" features Grammy Award-winning Fiona Apple, Sonny & Cher favorite "The Beat Goes On" is sung by American singer-songwriter Inara George, and the 1939 hit "If I Knew Then" is recorded here with one of L.A.'s most in demand jazz singers, Gina Saputo. In between the variety of world-class vocalists, instrumental tracks such as Herbie Hancock's "Driftin'" and Lalo Schifrin's "The Cat" show off the band's dazzling jazz licks.



Side A:
1. Let's Face the Music and Dance (feat. Sharon van Etten)
2. The Sidewinder / The Beat Goes On
3. Driftin'
4. The Thrill is Gone / Django
5. The Kicker

Side B:
1. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (feat. Fiona Apple)
2. The Cat
3. Four On Six / Broken English (feat. Anna Calvi)
4. If I Knew Then (feat. Gina Saputo)
5. Make Someone Happy
6. Little Man You've Had A Busy Day

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