Biography

Originally innate within Essex, but raised around Hullavington, Wiltshire, Cullum released his foremost album, Jamie Cullum Trio—Heard it Entirely Prior to, inside 1999. The mere 600 copies were mass produced. Original copies st& sold for up to £600 (and above) in eBay. A profits of Heard It Totally Prior to resulted around Jamie existence invited to pop up in Geoff Gascoyne's album Songs of the Summer. Fallowing graduating from either a University of Reading in 2001, Cullum—who is totally self-taught, bar two or three piano lessons as a nestling—freed the right-selling album, Pointless Nostalgic, which stirred interest from Michael Parkinson and Melvyn Bragg. Charted that, inside April 2003 signed a locate Universal, spanning three albums, world health organization beat Sony in a bidding war for the prodigy.

Cullum so began recording his 2nd album, Twentysomething, which was freed within October 2003, which went platinum & became the #1 selling studio album by a lounge jazz creative person in the UK. Cullum's prisonbreak hit in the United States was "All At Sea" closely followed by the reworking of Radiohead's "High and Dry".

Although primarily the louge pop/jazz musician, Cullum performs within the wide range of styles & is usually take to be a "crossover" creative person by having his musical roots firmly depending within lounge jazz. Cullum draws his inspiration from either either numbers of different musicians, from Miles Davis to Tom Waits.

Together by using his sr. brother, Ben Cullum, he wrote the music for the West End stage version of When Harry Met Sally.

A British Jazz Awards foremost recognized Jamie's growing profits by awarding him a "Rising Star" award, at a 2003 ceremony within July. In the 2004 Brit Awards, Cullum was nominated in the "British Breakthrough Act" category. He performed sleep in a ceremony at Earl's Court, a duet with Katie Melua of The Cure's "Love Cats". In the 2005 Brit Awards, Cullum was nominated for two awards: "Best Male Artist" & "Best Live Act".

As the consequence that, Cullum was besides nominated for a prestigious Grammy award in 2005, and went in to win eventually a second award at a BBC Jazz Awards, This instance scooping Radio 2 "Artist Of The Year", equally voted for by attender of Radio 2.

Cullum's third major label album, Known as Catching Tales, was released on the September 26, 2005, In A United Kingdom & The Netherlands, and fortnight late in the United States, in October 11. A charted titles pop up on the album within Europe: The Front yard, London Skies, Mind Trick, Back To The Ground (Written by using Ed Harcourt), Oh God (Written with Guy Chambers), I'm Glad There exists Wise shoppers (Jazz Standard), 21st Century Child (around which Cullum gets political all about a war in Iraq), Nothing We personally Wash, I Sole Keep around Eyes For Professional people (Jazz Standard), Photo, Catch A Sun (Originally performed & written by Doves), 7 Days To Vary The Life (inspired by Our contries tapes that purportedly 'changed your systems life for the better within upright Septet years'), My Day Might Are, Fascinating Rhythm (Jazz Standard) & Develop a Way (a number one lone from either A album, to become freed on the 19th of September within UK & The Netherlands). A Our contries & French version of Getting Tales doesn't feature Fascinating Rhythm. A 2nd only to exist as freed, inside UK & A Netherlands, is "Mind Trick". The foul track written sustaining Jamie &, his brother, Ben. The favorite edition version of Getting Tales is likewise available, for Europe, featuring "an exclusive 20 minute behind-the-scenes documentary following Jamie throughout recording, mixing, the video shoot and on the road across Europe - includes a fabulous interview. 28-page booklet contains exclusive photos, Jamie rarities, extended liner notes plus a track-by-track introduction from Jamie himself!". Getting Tales has too been freed in Sevener", with a limited edition run of red vinyl.

Catching Tales was to feature a collaboration with Pharrell Williams. But the track, "Wifey", that they recorded together ended up being taken off the album. A version of the song "Wifey" has also been recorded by Usher, which featured on a Japanese Import of Usher's album. There is a possibility of "Wifey" being released on Pharrell's forthcoming, solo, album. The new album has been produced by Stewart Levine, Who also produced "Twentysomething".

Cullum will be doing an 18 month tour with the material from Catching Tales, Starting at the end of October continuing through to November.

Discography
Albums
Heard It All Before (1999) Pointless Nostalgic (2001) Twentysomething (2003) #3 UK, #83 US, #2 Australia Catching Tales (2005) #4 UK, #26 Australia, #30 Germany

DVDs
Live at Blenheim Palace (2004)

Singles
'From Twentysomething:' "Which are actually a Times"/"Frontin'" (2004) #12 UK "Everlasting flower Love" (2004) #20 UK

'From Catching Tales:' "Become The Way" (2005) #44 UK Mind Trick (2005)