Playing piano with a full orchestra...I'm getting misty just thinking about it

MARION MCMULLEN discovers film star Jeff Goldblum is looking forward to sharing his love of jazz on UK tour

- MARION MCMULLEN

ONE OF A KIND: Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum is also a talented jazz musician

I'm wildly grateful to have a career in acting and music. They work well together and complement each other. Music is about practice and discipline. On the set of Wicked I would practise piano every morning in order to keep up my chops. And while both worlds offer different and unique creative adventures, I often experience a lot of craft overlap.

Being present in the moment, for instance, is certainly a cornerstone of jazz music and acting.

Your Night Blooms album is released on June 5 and follows companion album Still Blooming. It is packed with collaborations, including a team-up with your bad and good witches Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. What was it like working with them?

Cynthia and Ariana are two of the most talented people alive. Doing music with them feels like an extension of acting. We sang so much on the set of Wicked, that it seemed only natural to move it to the recording studio.

They are both enormously gracious with their time and amazing talent. I feel like the luckiest guy in the world to be able to make art with these two incredible women.

All the singers we work with are masterful. It just depends on the song.