Thomas Dutronc meets Iggy Pop and Diana Krall

Always good when an artist you've followed for decades drops something that's both unexpected and interesting.

In this case it's Iggy Pop, who has collaborated with  Thomas Dutronc and Diana Krall  for a jazz-flavoured cover of C'est si bon.

The track, in French and English, features on Dutronc's forthcoming album, Frenchy, to be released on March 20, It features covers of French standards that have also enjoyed success in English, including  La vie en rose, Autumn Leaves and My Way. Tracks are sung in both English and French.

Not the first time Iggy's been involved in French music, as those who have followed him can attest.

In '93 he featured as a guest on Les Rita Mitsouko's Système D album and on 97's Jazz A Saint Germain album, he duetted with  Francoise Hardy - Thomas Dutronc's mother - on the track I'll Be Seeing You.

More recently, he covered Kosma/Prévert's standard Les feuilles mortes on his 2009 Préliminaires  album and subsequently recording La Vie en rose, La Javanaise, Et si tu n'existais pas and  Les Passantes on 2012's Après.

His choice of covers, while including some that would be familiar to even those without much knowledge of French music, covers by artists like Joe Dassin and Georges Brassens suggest Iggy's interest is more than just an affectation.

His cover of La Javanaise even involved music input from Lulu Gainsbourg, Pop having previously guested on Lulu's From Gainsbourg to Lulu album.

While these albums might not have garnered the critical praise that 2016's Post Pop Depression and last year's Free did, they give a pretty good indication of what Iggy's personal playlist must be like.

For all the apparent paradox of the iconic Idiot crooning a French jazz standard, it's nothing too out of step for  such a unique artist. This is, after all, the guy who could cover of Louie Louie and namedrop Dostoevsky.