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‘I will sing at the drop of a hat’: Jeff Goldblum’s honest playlist
The actor and pianist swapped playing Beethoven for Deep Purple and knows what to put on at a party, but which of his movie themes has he put words to? The first song I learned to play When I was eight, my piano teacher Tommy Emil would come over to our house in Pittsburgh, and would suffer because I hadn’t practised Beethoven’s Für Elise. Instead, it thrilled me to practise jazz arrangements of Alley Cat, Stairway to the Stars and Deep Purple. The first song I fell in love with My dad brought home Misty by Errol Garner, also from Pittsburgh and his favourite piano player. With his block chords and particular rhythm, he makes the piano sound like a whole orchestra, so I fell in love with it, too. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘I will sing at the drop of a hat’: Jeff Goldblum’s honest playlist, The actor and pianist swapped playing Beethoven for Deep Purple and knows what to put on at a party, but which of his movie themes has he put words to? The first song I learned to play When I was eight, my piano teacher Tommy Emil would come over to our house in Pittsburgh, and would suffer because I hadn’t practised Beethoven’s Für Elise. Instead, it thrilled me to practise jazz arrangements of Alley Cat, Stairway to the Stars and Deep Purple. The first song I fell in love with My dad brought home Misty by Errol Garner, also from Pittsburgh and his favourite piano player. With his block chords and particular rhythm, he makes the piano sound like a whole orchestra, so I fell in love with it, too. Continue reading…
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- ‘I will sing at the drop of a hat’: Jeff Goldblum’s honest playlistThe Guardian - 2026-05-10T08:00:20+00:00
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