According to this Pitchfork report, legendary proto-punk Iggy Pop is preparing a jazz album based on the novel, La Possibilité d'une île. Iggy explained (somewhat):

At one point, I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music, and I was starting to listen to a lot of New Orleans-era Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton type of jazz. And I've always loved quieter ballads as well.

The record is due out May 18th and a preliminary website is available.