(JazzPlanet) Jamie Cullum - Pointless Nostalgic (Eac Flac Cue)

Jamie Cullum - Pointless Nostalgic - 2003










Artist: Jamie Cullum
Title Of Album: Pointless Nostalgic
Label: Candid ?– CCD 79782
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released: 2002
Genre: Jazz
Style: Contemporary Jazz
Duration: 76:12




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Tracks:

You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:09
I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 5:15
Devil May Care" (Johnny Burke, Harry Warren) – 3:24
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" (James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock) – 3:43
Pointless Nostalgic" (Jamie Cullum, Ben Cullum) – 4:03
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 6:28
Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:21
It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31
High and Dry" (Greenwood, Greenwood, O'Brian, Selway, Yorke) – 4:54
Too Close For Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) – 3:25
A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:06
Lookin' Good" (Dave Frishberg) – 3:10
I Want to Be a Popstar" (Jamie Cullum) – 4:02



personnel


Vocals, Piano – Jamie Cullum
Bass – Geoff Gascoyne (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Drums – Sebastiaan de Krom (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13)
Saxophone [Alto] – Matt Wates (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 10, 12)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Ben Castle (tracks: 3, 6, 7, 10), Dave O' Higgins* (tracks: 11, 12)
Trombone – Martin Gladdish (tracks: 3, 6, 10, 12)
Trumpet – Martin Shaw (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10, 12)





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Bio

Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00


Early life

Cullum was born in Rochford, Essex.[2] He was brought up in Hullavington, Wiltshire.

His mother, Yvonne, is a secretary of Anglo-Burmese origin, whose family settled in North England after Burma's independence; his father, John Cullum, worked in finance. His paternal grandfather was a British Army officer, while his paternal grandmother was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who sang in Berlin nightclubs.

Education

Cullum was educated at Grittleton House School, an independent school in the village of Grittleton, near the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, followed by the sixth form of Sheldon School, a state comprehensive school in the same county. He rejected a place to study English Literature at the University of Oxford in favour of reading English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Reading, from which he graduated with First Class Honours.

Career

With only £480 to produce it, Cullum released his first album, Jamie Cullum Trio—Heard it All Before, in 1999, of which 500 copies were made. Due to their rarity, original copies have sold for as much as £600 on eBay. The success of Heard it All Before resulted in Cullum being invited to appear on Geoff Gascoyne's album Songs of the Summer[citation needed].

After graduating from Reading University, Cullum released his best-selling album, Pointless Nostalgic, which stirred interest from Michael Parkinson and Melvyn Bragg.

Just after Cullum made his first television appearance, on Parkinson in April 2003, he signed a £1m contract for three albums with Universal, who beat Sony in a bidding war. Cullum's second studio album, Twentysomething, released in October 2003, went platinum and became the No. 1 selling studio album by a jazz artist in the United Kingdom. Cullum ended 2003 as the UK's biggest selling jazz artist of all time.

Although primarily a jazz musician, Cullum performs in a wide range of styles and is generally regarded as a "crossover" artist with his musical roots firmly based in jazz. Cullum draws his inspiration from many different musicians and listens to an eclectic mix of music from Miles Davis to Tom Waits and many more. Cullum has belonged to several bands, ranging from banging drums in a hip hop group to playing guitar in rock bands such as Raw Sausage and The Mystery Machine, in his teenage youth. Cullum names his elder brother, Ben Cullum, as his biggest musical influence, and the two continue to collaborate extensively.

Cullum is well known not only for his abilities on the piano, but also for his style and charisma[citation needed]. One of the many things that features in Cullum's concerts is the Stomp box (not to be confused with an effect pedal for guitars), made from a small wooden block. The stompbox is used to amplify a musician's tapping foot. Cullum found this in Melbourne, Australia and uses it to enhance upbeat and fast-paced songs such as "Seven Nation Army", originally by The White Stripes and "Gold Digger", originally by Kanye West. He is also often found using a looping machine. This plays a heavy part in Cullum's versions of "Seven Nation Army" and "Teardrop" by Massive Attack. Cullum also beatboxes at most gigs.

As well as The White Stripes and Kanye West, Cullum has performed work by Massive Attack, Pharell, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, John Legend, Joy Division, Lady Gaga and many others. He has also performed with Kylie Minogue, Sugababes, will.i.am, Burt Bacharach and The Heritage Orchestra.

Cullum never works to a set list and on average his gigs last just over two hours. The gigs are largely improvised, rooted in jazz but not solely consisting of jazz music.

Cullum has played at many large music festivals, including Glastonbury Festival (in 2004 and 2009), New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (in 2005), Coachella 2005, 2006 South by Southwest, North Sea Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl (performing with the Count Basie Orchestra), the 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival and the 2007 Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival. On 30 April 2006 Cullum played his biggest ever crowd on Queensday in the Netherlands.

In February 2012, Germany picked Roman Lob with "Standing Still", a composition by Cullum, along with Steve Robson, and Wayne Hector, as their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest


review

With female jazz singers in the ascendant, it's encouraging to see the men refusing to be eclipsed. Rising star Jamie Cullum's vocal sound starts at Sinatra, puts its foot down at Harry Connick Jr., and veers past Kurt Elling. Also the keyboard player in rock band Taxi, Jamie's used to playing the piano with whichever limb is free - and he takes this refreshing irreverence into his jazz debut.

The material is mostly very familiar (Gershwin is well-represented) but Jamie isn't aiming for sepia-coloured portraits of the music. The pieces he's chosen, like video shorts, tell a story in each track - with Jamie cast as the modern-day hero and his band creating an urban backdrop. So, while Diana Krall's "Devil May Care" is a fireside version, Jamie's is the roadside one, given pace and edge by a fine set of horns arranged by Geoff Gascoyne.

Sparks fly as drummer Sebastiaan de Krom works up the excitement in a piano trio version of "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"; even in this format Jamieprojects as though he's with a big band, while Gascoyne's bass assumes a near-vocal quality.

Not old enough to have lived the jazz life yet,Jamie's rough-edged sound is embryonic, but the combination of spiky and haphazard piano with his insinuating vocals is a winner. Assaults on the piano, melodramatic pauses and exasperated sighs bring Monk's "Well You Needn't" to life, too, with humour and gritty excitement. Ben Castle goes all gruff and boppish on tenor here, in contrast to his sweet handling of the weepy "In the Wee Small Hours", where he builds a simple and beautiful solo from nowhere.

Strangely, the contemporary songs come across more nostalgically than the old-timers. The title track and Radiohead's "High and Dry" have you staring into space and reminiscing, both featuring stripped-down trio and an intense, passionate vocal.

The album ends on an ironic note with "I Want to Be a Popstar" - its premise being that jazz is an elevated music played by real musicians, and pop (especially the manufactured kind) is faking it. With Jamie already a semi-pop star with Gareth Gates-through-a-hedge looks, and tenorman Ben Castle leader of the big band on Pop Idol, the irony and energy in this track more than make up for its uninspiring melody.

Pointless Nostalgic trades sepia for cibachrome, finding vibrant expression in the old songs and nostalgia in the new. Jamie's irreverent approach to jazz and his association with some of the finest British jazz musicians should find him favour with jazz and rock fans alike.