4/5
Grandmaster Jeff
Between Star Wars and Marvel, who this artist in question is the Grandmaster ('Thor: Ragnarok' and more) of, Disney Plus is one of the best streaming services on your smartphone and smart T.V. Yet they dropped the ball when they cost cut a couple of shows a few years back. You already know 'Willow' fans were mad, and basketball ones like me were after another series of 'Big Shot' John Stamos, although Kate Hudson's 'Running Point' on Netflix does just fine. Yet, getting shut of 'The World According To Jeff Goldblum' was a straight crime. This was the most charismatic man on the planet, touring the globe for sneakers, ice cream and so much more, as he marched with bands and even danced with a sea lion (the most joy inspiring thing you'll ever see). Alas, Mickey Mouse's loss is music's gain, as Goldbum enters a whole new world again with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for his fourth album with the company after 'The Capitol Studio Sessions', 'I Shouldn't Be Telling You This' and 'Plays Well With Others'. Which he really does. This is no secret.
Spring may be about done like the falling cherry blossom, but Goldblum is 'Still Blooming' with Mildred for nine lucky for us tracks. The forever young seventy-something returns with the kind of blue of an album that is as beautiful as its springtime orchestrated album artwork above the keys he plays. As free as the dove that flies above it all, Jeff gets to show us what his name really is. Only a handful of years after voicing the central character in the amazing animation of 'They Shot The Piano Player' and its search for justice for Tenório Jr., whose mysterious disappearance is still not solved. The gregarious megastar of blockbusters like 'Jurassic Park' ("crazy in the dark") and 'Independence Day', may be better known for his occasional work with Wes Anderson, but this offbeat take on the maestro is one that holds as true as his 'Capitol Sessions' mid-song advice with comedian come singer Sarah Silverman to leave the butter out of the fridge overnight for a better spread.
The most charismatic thing to sit behind the ivory since Liberace, this is a beautiful bloom. And Jeff Goldblum is already reuniting with his 'Wicked' co-stars Cynthia Erivo (truly 'We'll Meet Again') and Ariana Grande ('I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)'), for good. Those two amazing actors already showed us they have the chops for singing (of course when it comes to Ariana, and vice versa on the stage of acting). Whereas the wizard they were off to see, shows he is wonderful. Whether lighting up 'The Grease Patrol', or giving us songs in a kind of 'Blue Minor'. They say actors shouldn't sing and make albums. Tell that to fellow 'Jurassic World' luminary Scarlett Johansson, who has been making Tom Waits cover albums and 'Break Up' records with Pete Yorn ('Killers Of The Flower Moon') for years. Here she shows us 'The Best Is Yet To Come', like the greatest of the set. But even after a collaboration with Maiya Sykes (the 'Stella By Starlight' standard) and 'Bouncing With Bud', as Jeff says 'Bye-Ya', he shows us the best is when he gets on the mic. 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye', we are dying for a little more. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (Feat. Ariana Grande)', 'The Best Is Yet To Come (Feat. Scarlett Johansson)', 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye'.
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