The Capitol Studios Sessions

by Jeff Goldblum, Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

Overview

If there's one word that comes to mind while listening to 2018's The Capitol Studio Sessions -- the debut album from part-time jazz pianist and full-time Jeff Goldblum impersonator Jeff Goldblum -- it's charm. Joking aside, just as with his acting, Goldblum's musical stage presence percolates with his unmistakable charisma, and further cements his long-standing persona as a witty, quirky, gregarious presence. While the album often feels like Goldblum giving one big wink and a smile to his adoring fans after another, part of the fun is that he has the chops to back it up. Having studied piano growing up in Pittsburgh and played lounge gigs throughout much of his career, Goldblum is certainly a gifted performer. While he hands much of the improvisational work over to his bandmates, as a bandleader he acquits himself ably throughout the album, with a warm harmonic sensibility and wonderfully swinging style on full display. Here, he is captured live at the storied Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, backed by his longtime ensemble of studio-pros the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra (lovingly named after a family friend in Pittsburgh). Joining him are a select cadre of special guests including singers Haley Reinhart and Imelda May, trumpeter Till Bronner, and on the giddy, self-referential duet "Me and My Shadow," singer/comedian Sarah Silverman. While Goldblum is the main attraction, he smartly spreads the spotlight, allowing Reinhart and May to sashay their ways through saucy renditions of "My Baby Just Cares For Me," "Straighten Up and Fly Right," and "Come-On-A-My-House." Similarly, he gives Bronner a plethora of solo time, with tracks like the ballad "It Never Entered My Mind," and the organ-accented groover "Don't Mess with Mister T." One of the many impressive aspects of the Capitol Studio Sessions is just how balanced Goldblum's skills are as he deftly moves his audience from perky vocal standards to swinging instrumental numbers -- each transition aided, of course, with some very charming stage banter. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2018
Label:	Decca / Verve
UPC:	0602567925972
Rank:	56606

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Cantaloupe Island
2. Don't Mess With Mister T
3. My Baby Just Cares For Me
4. Straighten Up And Fly Right
5. Jeff Introduces Sarah Silverman
6. Me And My Shadow
7. Nostalgia In Times Square

Disc 2

8. It Never Entered My Mind
9. Gee Baby (Ain't I Good To You)
10. I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
11. This Bitter Earth
12. Come On-A-My House
13. Caravan
14. Good Nights

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra   Primary Artist
Jeff Goldblum   Primary Artist
Till Broenner   Primary Artist,Soloist,Flugelhorn,Featured Artist
Haley Reinhart   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Imelda May   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Sarah Silverman   Primary Artist,Vocals,Spoken Word,Featured Artist
James King   Saxophone,Spoken Word

Technical Credits

Charles Mingus   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Billy Rose   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Juan Tizol   Composer
Clyde Lovern Otis   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer
Nat King Cole   Composer
Ross Bagdasarian   Composer
William Saroyan   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Dave Dreyer   Composer
Kenny Dorham   Composer
Billy Taylor   Composer
Don Redman   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Herbie Hancock   Composer
Giovanni Rota   Composer
Richard Carroll Lamb   Composer