Kylie Minogue 'recorded jazz album'

Kylie Minogue has revealed that she started recording tracks for a jazz album before working on her new LP.

The singer, who is gearing up for the release of her eleventh studio record Aphrodite, said that she originally planned to release a covers album of songs by late US jazz singer Blossom Dearie.

She told Attitude: "There are so many things floating around. I wanted to do a Kylie Sings Blossom album and I actually met Blossom Dearie just before she died.

"We had to track her down, I wanted her to play piano or have something to do with it. I started recording her songs. A couple ended up on the White Diamond soundtrack because they sounded great."

Minogue also revealed future plans for a possible acoustic album, admitting that it would be "fun".

Kylie Minogue releases Aphrodite on July 5.