Jeff Goldblum has teamed up with legendary singer and actor Freda Payne on his new single, “Lazy Afternoon.”
The observe is the most recent to be taken from Goldblum’s upcoming new EP, Plays Well With Others, which can characteristic various collaborations.
“Lazy Afternoon” additionally options Goldblum’s long-time band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and with them, he and Payne create a clean, 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 stop leaping upstream.”
The tune was initially written by Jerome Moross and John La Touche for the 1954 musical The Golden Apple. Over the years, it has been lined by quite a few artists, together with Barbra Streisand and Shirley Horn.
It follows “Moon River,” the primary single from Plays Well With Others. Goldblum recruited Mattiel Brown of indie-rock duo Mattiel for that tackle the Andy Williams traditional. The collaboration could appear a shock to some, however Mattiel’s catalog features a tune named after the Jurassic Park actor, whereas it usually initiatives his face onto the stage at its gigs.
Other visitor stars set to characteristic on Plays Well With Others embrace Kelly Clarkson, who will sing on a model of Cole Porter’s 1930 tune “Don’t Fence Me In,” and Brazilian singer-songwriter. The latter will seem on a canopy of the 1962 observe “I Wanna Be Around.”
Plays Well With Others will likely be launched on March 24 by way of Decca Records. It will likely be adopted by a handful of stay gigs within the UK, with Goldblum set to look at London’s Royal Festival Hall, Rough Trade East, and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in April.
Last yr, Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra shared a festive launch within the type of “The Christmas Waltz.” The tune was initially written for Frank Sinatra and recorded for the primary time in 1954.