Jeff Goldblum is releasing a jazz piano album, because he is Jeff Goldblum and that is a very Jeff Goldblum thing to do.

The Jurassic Park actor grew up learning classical and jazz piano and performed in Pittsburgh cocktail lounges at the age of 15. He has continued to play with his band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, but has never recorded an album.

It was his performance with Gregory Porter on the 'Graham Norton Show' that caught the attention of the suits at Decca Records.

The label’s head of A&R, Tom Lewis, said: “As far as I can tell, everyone loves Jeff Goldblum. It’s like a universal truth … He’s a fantastic jazz pianist, a great band leader and just about the loveliest man in the world.

“His love of jazz is infectious and whenever he plays he makes you feel very happy.”

Goldblum, with a surprising lack of loquaciousness, said he was “so happy” with the signing. The album will coincide with his return to Jurassic Park in Fallen Kingdom, as well as his upcoming part in Hotel Artemis opposite Jodie Foster.

Of course, he’s not the only Hollywood A-lister to dip their toe into the record business. Scarlett Johansson released an album of well-received Tom Wait’s covers; ‘Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favourites’ is unexpectedly listenable and who could forget Bruce Willis’ bafflingly brilliant ‘The Return of Bruno’?

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