Jeff Goldblum has teamed up with legendary singer and actor Freda Payne on his new single, “Lazy Afternoon.”
The monitor is the most recent to be taken from Goldblum’s upcoming new EP, Performs Nicely With Others, which can characteristic a lot of collaborations.
“Lazy Afternoon” additionally options Goldblum’s long-time band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and with them, he and Payne create a easy, laidback environment. “It’s a lazy afternoon/And the farmer leaves his reaping,” Payne sings. “And the meadow cows are sleeping/And the speckled trouts cease leaping upstream.”
The music was initially written by Jerome Moross and John La Touche for the 1954 musical The Golden Apple. Over time, it has been coated by quite a few artists, together with Barbra Streisand and Shirley Horn.
It follows “Moon River,” the primary single from Performs Nicely With Others. Goldblum recruited Mattiel Brown of indie-rock duo Mattiel for that tackle the Andy Williams basic. The collaboration could seem a shock to some, however Mattiel’s catalog features a music named after the Jurassic Park actor, whereas it usually initiatives his face onto the stage at its gigs.
Different visitor stars set to characteristic on Performs Nicely With Others embody Kelly Clarkson, who will sing on a model of Cole Porter’s 1930 music “Don’t Fence Me In,” and Brazilian singer-songwriter. The latter will seem on a canopy of the 1962 monitor “I Wanna Be Round.”
Performs Nicely With Others might be launched on March 24 by way of Decca Data. It is going to be adopted by a handful of reside gigs within the UK, with Goldblum set to look at London’s Royal Competition Corridor, Tough Commerce East, and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Membership in April.
Final 12 months, Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra shared a festive launch within the type of “The Christmas Waltz.” The music was initially written for Frank Sinatra and recorded for the primary time in 1954.
Purchase or stream “Lazy Afternoon.”