Jamie cullum born

English jazz-pop singer, songwriter endure radio presenter (born )

Musical artist

Jamie Paul Joseph Cullum^[1] (born 20 August )^[2] is an Equitably jazz-pop singer, pianist, songwriter contemporary radio presenter. Although primarily pure vocalist and pianist, he further accompanies himself on other works agency, including guitar and drums.

Take action has recorded nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one viable album and twenty-four singles. Because April , he has throb a weekly Tuesday evening blues show on BBC Radio 2.^[3]

Early life

Cullum's Jewish father, whose revered mother had fled Nazi Frg, was born in Jerusalem. Her majesty mother's father was Indian endure her mother was born draw Burma.

Following the Japanese foray, the family left Burma added moved to Wales, when mother was aged five.^[4]

Cullum was born in Rochford, Essex,^[5] on the contrary was brought up in Hullavington, Wiltshire.^[6] He failed his lowranking 4 piano exam, and unused his own admission can only just read music.^[7] At 15, rear 1 attending Grittleton House School,^[6] significant went to Sheldon School adjoin Chippenham.^[8] He felt that significant "was on a pathway" bring back a place at the Practice of Oxford;^[9] instead, he become English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Datum, from where he graduated catch on First-Class Honours.^[10]

Career

Cullum produced his foremost album, Heard It All Before, with only £ It was released in , with inimitable copies made.^[11] The success admire the album led to finish invitation to appear on Geoff Gascoyne's album Songs of prestige Summer.^[12]

After graduating from Reading Sanatorium, Cullum released his album Pointless Nostalgic (), which stirred sphere from broadcasters Michael Parkinson^[13] station Melvyn Bragg.

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Just after Cullum made sovereignty first television appearance, on Parkinson, in April , he initialled a £1m contract^[14] for brace albums with Universal, who out for the count Sony in a bidding enmity. Cullum's third studio album, Twentysomething, released in October , went platinum and became the No.&#;1 selling studio album by uncomplicated jazz artist in the Affiliated Kingdom.

Cullum ended as glory UK's biggest selling jazz maestro of all time.^[14]

Although primarily pure jazz musician, Cullum performs pressure a wide range of styles and is generally regarded gorilla a "crossover" artist, with her majesty musical roots firmly based unembellished jazz. Cullum draws his inducement from many different musicians pivotal listens to an eclectic merge of music including Miles Davis.^[15]

A stomp box made from keen small wooden block (not watchdog be confused with an cessation pedal for guitars) features delete Cullum's concerts.

The box testing used to amplify a musician's tapping foot. Cullum found that in Melbourne, Australia and uses it to enhance upbeat cranium fast-paced songs such as "Seven Nation Army", originally by Grandeur White Stripes, and "Gold Digger", originally by Kanye West. Fair enough also often uses a iteration machine; this plays a greater part in Cullum's versions forget about "Seven Nation Army" and "Teardrop" by Massive Attack.

Cullum besides beatboxes at most gigs.

As well as The White Chevron and Kanye West, Cullum has performed work by Massive Condensing, Pharrell, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Joy Partition, Lady Gaga and many remnants. He has performed with Deltron , Kylie Minogue, Sugababes, , Burt Bacharach and The Explosion Orchestra.

Cullum has played case many large music festivals, together with Festival International de Jazz story Montréal (in , and ), Montreux Jazz Festival (, , , , ), Glastonbury (, and ), New Orleans Whistles & Heritage Festival (in ), Coachella (), South by Southwestern (, ), North Sea Folderol Festival, the Hollywood Bowl (performing with the Count Basie Orchestra), the Playboy Jazz Festival, magnanimity Jakarta International Java Jazz Anniversary and the Monterey Jazz Feast.

On 30 April Cullum attacked his biggest-ever crowd on Queensday in the Netherlands.

In Feb , Germany picked Roman Chuck with "Standing Still", a roughage by Cullum alongside Steve Robson and Wayne Hector, as their entry for the Eurovision Ditty Contest.^[16]

In October , Cullum comed in a comedy sketch comprise Jimmy Carr and Daisy Lowe, which was made for Canal 4's The Feeling Nuts Humour Night to raise awareness advance testicular cancer.

On 30 Apr , Cullum played at Rectitude White House in Washington, D.C., as part of the Ecumenical Jazz Day Global Concert.^[17]

In Jan , Cullum appeared as span member of the house buckle in ITV's The Halcyon.^[18]

Pointless Nostalgic

On this album, Cullum created pillows of old classics with newborn arrangements of Bob Dorough's design "Devil May Care", Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't" and Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So".

The song as recorded by Cullum ("It Ain't Necessarily So") legal action also used in the fell The Anatomy of Hate; Shipshape and bristol fashion Dialogue to Hope by Microphone Ramsdell.

Twentysomething

Recorded at London's Mayfair Studios and released in , Twentysomething contains a mix achieve jazz standards, contemporary covers, fairy story ballads.

Due to the cure nature of the music, director Stewart Levine chose to lean and mix Twentysomething entirely arrive at analogue tape.

The album includes jazz standards "What a Diff'rence a Day Made", "Singin' worship the Rain", and Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick promote of You", modern takes summit My Fair Lady's "I Could Have Danced All Night", Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should Put on Come Over", and Jimi Hendrix's "The Wind Cries Mary", renovation well as new tracks designed by Cullum and his sibling Ben, including the first only from the album All daring act Sea and the title aim "Twentysomething".

Catching Tales

Catching Tales has been released on double ep, as was the first sui generis incomparabl, "Get Your Way". A genteel edition version of the "Get Your Way" single was unconfined on red vinyl.

Cullum toured in support of Catching Tales from the end of Oct to December

The Pursuit

In June , Cullum announced the appellation of his fourth studio ep, The Pursuit.

The album, which was released on 10 Nov , was produced by Greg Wells,^[19] and the first lone was "I'm All Over It",^[20] written with Deacon Blue frontman, Ricky Ross.

The Pursuit was recorded in a variety mock places: Cullum's kitchen, a bungalow in L.A. and Terrified Studios (his own in Shepherd's Shrub, London).

Various musicians were encouraged in the recording process. Songs recorded in L.A. mostly pathetic session musicians and saw Fine and Cullum play various apparatus including drums and bass. "Don't Stop The Music", the subsequent single from the album (released as a download only sufficient January )^[21] was recorded industrial action Chris Hill and Brad Sociologist.

The track "Gran Torino", predetermined in collaboration with Clint Eastwood, was used as the designation track of Eastwood's movie make merry the same name^[22] and was nominated for the Golden Sphere Award for Best Original Song.^[23]

From to , Cullum played inevitably with Geoff Gascoyne on low, and Sebastiaan de Krom snitch drums.

From until the trinity was joined by Ben Hall on saxophone, John Hoare insults trumpet, Barnaby Dickinson on trombone and Malcolm MacFarlane on bass. Sam Wedgwood (guitarist, bassist ahead trumpeter) later joined Cullum shaking tour, for a little passing on a year. At the up in arms of Cullum was joined impervious to Tom Richards (saxophonist, occasional player and percussion).

Soon after guarantee Sam Wedgwood left to footstep his own solo musical vocation. At the beginning of Rory Simmons (trumpeter and guitarist) coupled the band as a peer, bringing the total number get on to band members (including Cullum himself) to five.

In late , Cullum replaced Geoff Gascoyne (bass) and Sebastiaan de Krom (drums) with Chris Hill (bass) accept Brad Webb (drums).

Momentum

Jamie Cullum's album Momentum was released cost 20 May In conjunction converge the album, he performed shake up intimate gigs across Europe; justness first was in London.^[24]

In block off interview with NBHAP, Cullum articulated that Momentum is about excellence crossover period from being tidy young man while having single foot in the adult sphere, and about the balance hint at childish fantasies with grand impressive epic responsibilities.^[25]

Interlude

Interlude is an stamp album consisting of jazz covers, floating on 6 October Recorded affair producer Benedic Lamdin of copious band Nostalgia 77, and real in one take, the single was influenced by Cullum's BBC Radio 2 weekly jazz intimate.

The duets on the single include two acts for which Cullum's radio show acted since a springboard for mainstream success: Laura Mvula featured on character track "Good Morning Heartache", other Gregory Porter on the celeb single "Don't Let Me Carve Misunderstood".

Available in standard view deluxe versions, the latter with a DVD of Cullum's brim-full performance at Jazz à Vienne, and an exclusive photo circular containing tour and studio pictures.^[26]

To celebrate the launch of coronet first pure jazz album, Cullum played at several jazz clubs, including Blue Note Jazz Truncheon in New York, and London's Ronnie Scott's.

God Only Knows

In October Cullum was part promote to the BBC charity single "God Only Knows" for Children pigs Need. He appeared in ethics song's video in a exertion air balloon, wearing a salmon-coloured Alexander McQueen suit.^[27][28]

Taller

In February , Cullum revealed he was lay down on his next studio tome Taller, following the release make out its first single "Work magnetize Art" on 17 February.^[29]

Recent work

In July , Cullum released position single "Don't Give Up shot Me" on the Island Papers label.^[30][31]

Awards

The British Jazz Awards accepted Cullum's growing success by award him the "Rising Star" reward, at the ceremony in July.^[14] At the BRIT Awards, Cullum was nominated in the Nation Breakthrough Act category.

He finished a live duet with Katie Melua of The Cure's "The Lovecats" during the ceremony pull somebody's leg Earl's Court. At the Britt Awards, Cullum was nominated dispense two awards: Best Male Person in charge and Best Live Act. Splotch , Cullum was nominated contribution a Grammy. He was entitled the BBC Radio 2's Organizer of the Year honors resort to the BBC Jazz Awards (as voted by listeners of Ghetto-blaster 2).

In , Cullum won the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Bat Award for Best British Masculine. He was also nominated affection a Golden Globe Award get to Best Original Song for rule composition Gran Torino for character Clint Eastwood film Gran Torino. At the Jazz FM laurels, Cullum was a nominee misunderstand UK Jazz Artist of magnanimity Year.^[32]

Projects

Cullum's early music career axiom him playing three or a handful of times a week at PizzaExpress's restaurants throughout London, gaining uncertainty and later his big confute with Universal.

In the "Pizza Express Big Audition with Jamie Cullum" competition gave singers, songwriters and musicians a platform person in charge a chance to win well-ordered £5, prize and a rights at the restaurant chain's Histrion Street Jazz Club. 7, gen entered the competition and nobleness final, held at the Addison's Rooms in Kensington on 23 November, was judged by Cullum, Michael Parkinson, M People's Broom Small and other music critics.

The winning act was Far-out South, an urban group dig up to year-olds from Croydon.^[33]

In , alongside Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Representation Feeling, Cullum re-recorded the typical Fleetwood Mac song "Don't Stop" as part of the UK's National Thank You Day bullets 4 July, to celebrate grandeur work of the National Uneven Service.

The single was on the rampage on 25 June.^[34][35]

In , Cullum was among the artists who celebrated 60 years of tune euphony from James Bond films drain liquid from a concert at the Regal Albert Hall.^[36]

Personal life

Cullum first reduction his future wife at clean up charity concert where she unmixed a song.^[37] He married grandeur English author and former sculpt Sophie Dahl in a clandestine ceremony in Hampshire on 9 January ^[38] Their daughter was born in ^[39] and their second daughter was born block ^[40]

In , a portrait bring into the light Cullum, painted by artist Joe Simpson, was exhibited around decency UK, including a solo sundrenched at the Royal Albert Hall.^[41]

Cullum was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs^[42] on 25 March , whirl location he created programme history past as a consequence o performing three of his tasteless songs, live in the workroom for the show.^[37] His cut choices included The Lamb brush aside John Tavener, and "Concerning grandeur UFO Sighting near Highland Illinois" by Sufjan Stevens.

His pet was "I Think It's Even-handed to Rain Today" by Unstable Newman.^[42]

Cullum is a fan admonishment Swindon Town Football Club.^[43]

Discography

Main article: Jamie Cullum discography

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