#Jamie Cullum

[west150]

...There is no life I know

To compare with pure imagination

Living there, you'll be free

If you truly wish to be

(pure imagination Jamie cullum)

هيچ زندگی را نمی‌شناسم/ که با تخيل ناب برابری کند /در آنجا زندگی خواهی کرد، آزاد خواهی بود/ اگر واقعا آرزويش را داری

#tehran #lyrics #poem #Jamie cullum

[benoits-neckerchieves]

Lmao not James Bond making it into my Spotify Wrapped

#as he should !! #this is the year of the Daniel for me #tbf 4/5 of my top songs are Daniel-related #4th one came from a 00q playlist ngl #daniel craig #spotify wrapped #yungblud #queen band #years & years #jamie cullum #set it off #chris cornell #casino royale #bond theme #you know my name #james bond #00q #good old fashioned lover boy #squeeze band #autoheart

[fuckyeahjamiecullum]

Jamie has announced a new UK tour later this year, and changed his profile picture to a photo from a photo shoot that looks like the one above - all signs point to a new album coming our way very soon!

#jamie cullum #jazz #Instagram

[teenagedirtstache]

#l'uomo vogue #bruce weber #jamie cullum #salvatore ferragamo #2006 #2000s

[youlovegoodmusic]

YouTube Channel 💻

You Love Good Music ♌️

New Music Video 🍿

Uptown Funk (Cover)

Jamie Cullum

Bruno Mars

Mark Ronson

[AI Music Video]

#jamie cullum #bruno mars #mark ronson #uptown funk #cover #music video #ai music video #you love good music #Youtube

[lookstairs]

Alright I just have to get this off my chest

I hate ABSOLUTELY DESPISE when film soundtracks don’t have the version of the song that’s used in the movie.

Obviously if I’m up at 2 am looking up a specific song from the soundtrack I’d want to hear the version IN THE MOVIE. But NO they either put the original version of the song by the original artist OR they put the song in a different style.

For Example

In the movie Meet the Robinsons we hear this fun upbeat song sang by Jamie Cullum

BUT on the soundtrack we get this

And it’s not bad BUT it’s not the same. Where’s the spice from the movie version????

Where’s the pizazz??!?

#I’ve seen this in other movies but I’m to tired to think of more examples #BUT this one #this song always GETS ME #CAUSE I KNOW ITD BE SO GOOD #THEYRE DEPRIVING THE WORLD #ok rant over #shitpost #movies #meet the robinsons #jamie cullum #Youtube #music

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Jamie Cullum - What A Difference A Day Made

#music #Jamie Cullum #What A Difference A Day Made #songs #singing #my favorites

[vital-information]

#sufjan stevens #jamie cullum #Spotify

[joemarta]

Jamie Cullum, Jazz-Pop Fusion, and my thoughts on doing Cover Songs

Jamie Cullum, a name you may not have heard of, popular in a genre that itself is not so popular, jazz pop. Let’s start from the beginning, and see this incredible musician's contribution to a really interesting and unique genre of music.

Now despite having a very successful career as a musician, Cullum was never given formal school training in his field. Born in 1979, Cullum grew up attending a private school, and followed this with a degree in English Literature and Film Studies. His family was not particularly musical, with his mother being a secretary and his father working in finance. The closest relative he had was his grandmother, who sang in nightclubs. Now despite not having the most musical influences in his life, he still followed it independently, and studied composition by himself, as well as started a few bands. It was his independent drive and focus that led him to become the musician that he is today. Jamie is known for not only singing on his songs, but also for being a multi-instrumentalist. He plays piano, percussion, and even dabbles into the world of guitars as well. Now since he could play a lot of instruments, and didn’t have any formal training, he had a huge opportunity for him as a musician. Many music students are the product of their environment, and usually end up studying what their parents do, or end up working hard to sound like their teacher. Jamie didn’t have a musical family, or a teacher, so his influences are his own, and he really cut out his own style for himself. Jamie’s first two musical embraces were related but still distant, jazz and rock. A student studying formally might be told to focus on just one or the other, but Jamie didn’t have anyone to tell him no, so he did everything he wanted to, which gets us close to the unique genre many people know and love him for. 

Looking at his music, we can hear strong influences from jazz and even a few from rock, especially in his most recent album ‘The Pianoman at Christmas'. He really does not let one album stay in one genre, and really lets his voice and inspiration flow freely. Looking at his 2003 album ‘Twentysomething’, we can see a few covers, and songs that fall into jazz, ballads, and even soft rock. Some tracks involve rhythm sections, synthesizers, and even live horn sections. Hidden amongst these albums (some not even released) are some of the tracks he is most well known for, his jazz pop.

Now what is jazz pop? Looking at the genre name of itself, we see two genres that we all know, jazz and pop. The basis of jazz being a short melody, in which the performers can then solo or improvise over, which is the main focus of jazz. The basis for pop is longer and more memorable melodies, ones that could be easily sung or whistled, making them popular! Now combining the two, we get an interesting fusion genre that has changed over time, but still sits strong at its core. For this, we have to go back to the beginning of this style and culture of music in the early 1900’s. As jazz was on the rise with famous artists such as Louis Armstrong, we started to see the divide between the traditional jazz and what was then at the time known as ‘sweet jazz’. The more traditional stuff laid a lot into the groove and had a focus on long technical solos, whereas sweet jazz had a focus on tune and melody, which eventually gave way to artists like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet, where the music focused on the melody, which helped it skyrocket to popularity. Overtime, more influences from other genres got scooped into jazz pop, a big one being R & B, which really shows the reflective nature of the genre. Flash forward to today. Now although not as common, jazz pop still holds a place in society, and Jamie Cullum is a part of that wave. 

To me personally, some of his best work is in the jazz pop genre, especially when he covers other songs. He’ll take songs that have almost no connection to jazz, and transform them into something that is reminiscent of the original song, but with massive influences from jazz. He really takes the song and makes it his own. A great example of this is his cover of Rihanna’s ‘Don’t Stop the Music’. The song transforms from a club dance hall anthem, to a longing cry for help. It’s transformed into something so much more intimate than the original. It’s all live instruments, there is a thoughtful and tasteful piano solo, the tempo is pulled way back from the loud fast paced pumping of Rihanna's. 

Now I’m going to go on a touchy subject, my opinion on covers. I absolutely hate when bands do covers of songs and don’t change anything from the original. It’s different if it is a cover band, or maybe some wedding musicians playing a gig. I am talking about well known and respected artists taking an already known song, releasing it as a ‘cover’ and not changing a single thing about their ‘new’ version. A big offender of this is Panic! At the Disco’s ‘cover’ of Bohemian Rhapsody. Did it sound good? Yes! Did it sound different? Not really, it sounded like PATD singing Bohemian Rhapsody. We already have an incredible version of the song by Queen, so what is the point of doing a lesser recreation of something that is already a spectacular version. Now if Panic! took Bohemian Rhapsody and turned into their own by making into some kind of more punk rock thing, that would have been great. A cover should bring something new to the table, which is exactly what Jamie Cullum is doing. In every cover that this man does, he brings the world of jazz pop to new genres. He does a lot of these covers at his live concerts, so there are not many high quality recordings, but from what we can see, he completely changes how the songs feel and groove. Looking at this clip from 2007, we can see Jamie performing the spunky rock song Seven Nation Army, but now it's a soulful, jazzy, funky cover. Overall, Cullum's work shows his development not only to the style of jazz pop, but to the greater genre-spanning culture of cover songs.

#jazz #jamie cullum #rihanna #panic at the disco

[dancerinthestorm]

#life one frame at a time #photography #winter #happy holidays #jamie cullum #christmas #mine

[nonesuchrecords]

“Truly, I think, one of the most gifted musicians that exist in our modern age,” Jamie Cullum says of Chris Thile, his guest on BBC Radio 2's The Jazz Show, “one of my great favorites.” Thile, on tour in Europe, heads to the UK and Ireland with Sam Amidon next week. You can hear the conversation here.

#chris thile #jamie cullum #bbc radio 2 #jazz #mandolin #acoustic music #live music #on tour #sam amidon #nonesuch #nonesuch records

[fuckyeahjamiecullum]

It’s Spotify Wrapped Season! Did Jamie feature in your top 5 artists? If he did, you’ve might’ve seen his artist message, saying he’s releasing new music next year! EEEEEK!

#jamie cullum

[josefksays]

#Jamie Cullum #Sign #Lyrics #Don't Give Up on Me #My edits

[estoysiendo]

Love ain't gonna let you down, no more 🙏💖✨🔥

#jamie cullum #self love #Goddess #God #Jazz #poetry #Youtube

[cherrymoonvol6]

he's never heard of the term "twink death"

#40 years old btw #jamie cullum #look i didn't want this to happen either #this was the last man i expected to thirst after #if anything he became a twink when he turned 30

[fleetshotter-minstrel]

#jamie cullum #twenty something album #uk jazz #noughties jazz #youtube