Jamie Cullum a musician fluent in multiples styles of Jazz all the while being a multi-instrumentalist was born 20 August 1979 in Rochford, Essex, England.
Jamie Cullum has been actively making music since 1999 and is capable of playing many instruments including: the piano, the guitar and using his vocals. Alongside the ability of playing multiple instruments, they are reflected in his ability to make multiple genres of music including: swing, pop, blue eyed soul and mainly jazz.
Jamie is also academically excellent, after refusing an offer from the University of Oxford to study English Literature he went on to gain a first with honors while studying English Literature and Film Studies at the University of Reading.
After turning his attention to music, Jamie was faced with a dilemma as he only had a budget of £480 to release his debut album titled 'Heard It All Before' because of this, only 500 copies were produced. This has turned out to be a good thing as the musician has been well received, due to the rarity of this album, individual copies have been said to sell for over £500 online.
As he was well received Jamie was approached by both 'Universal' and 'Sony' and they entered a bidding war for Jamie. This ended up with Jamie signing a £1Million contract with 'Universal' for three albums.
In 2003 Jamie Cullum was labelled the biggest selling Jazz artist in the UK of all time, after his first release under Universal 'TwentySomething' went No.1 and platinum.
Inspirations Jamie Cullum include: legendary Jazz musician Miles Davis and even Tom Waits.
Jamie Cullum has been nominated for over 5 awards including: a Golden Globe for best original song and even a Grammy. In 2003 Jamie Cullum was awarded the rising star award at The British Jazz Awards.
As of 2014 Jamie Cullum has released 6 albums and will release his 7th album In October 2014 titled 'Interlude'.
Trevor Wallace
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