Like the exploding piano on its cover jamie cullum s long awaited new verve album the pursuit blows away audience and artist preconceptions leaving 14 smoldering tracks that seamlessly run the gamut from swinging standards and yearning singer songwriter confessionals to 125 bpm house dance tracks and resurrected broadway ballads.
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A gleeful and deft big band version of cole porter s classic just one of those things kicks off proceedings with a new cullum.
Although primarily a vocalist and pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums.
Now officially anointed as the new dudley moore being a talented british pianist about to wed a much taller blonde jamie cullum returns after a four year break with the pursuit his fifth and best album yet.
He can take an old and quite square standard and imbue it with a modern vibe in the way that robbie williams for instance can only do in a comedic way.
I never thought jamie cullum would record anything better than twentysomething but having listened to the pursuit a few times i m tempted to think that maybe he has.
He has recorded eight studio albums three compilation albums one live album and twenty four singles since april 2010 he has presented a weekly tuesday evening jazz show on bbc.
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Coming almost five years after catching tales his last full length album the pursuit marks jamie cullum s return to twentysomething form.
That refreshing and inventive album proved to be a wonderful springboard for cullum s considerable talent with his bold and creative melding of old school jazz and modern rock and pop sensibilities.
Jamie cullum born 20 august 1979 is an english jazz pop singer songwriter and radio presenter.