The Canon Logic release 'Avenue Of Criminals' soo.It will be very interesting to see the direction he takes from here, but for now lets sit back and enjoy the music. He is clearly a talent and this is his most experimental album to date. He is clearly branching his wings and for the most part it works. It was produced by Greg Wells and Martin Terefe, and mixed by Gregg Wells, Thomas Juth and Ryan Hewitt. It was released on 9 November 2009 in the United Kingdom, and released in the United States and Canada on 2 March 2010. Article: Leyla Aksu Illustration: Saydan Akit Settling into the melodic space between jazz and pop with catching enthusiasm since his debut in 1999, British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum has since become the most successful jazz act in UK history. The album features a variety of beats, production techniques and styles. The Pursuit (album) The Pursuit is the fifth studio album by Jamie Cullum. Cullum breaks off for some exceptional piano fills before returning to where he started. This is the the highlight of the album, he manages to retain the infectious hook of the chorus yet stripping down the song to the bare essentials, simple chords and brushed snare drums, until the verse builds to the familiar chorus. Here Cullum reimagines songs from Not While I’m Around, that sentimental ballad from Sweeney Todd, to Rihanna's pop favourite “Don't Stop The Music”. Instead he can take the best of pop and make it jazz. I wish he was a bit more jazz and a bit less pop but I realise that the bank manager says he has to be.

Sure he has to write tunes that will please the masses but to satisfy his own musical needs he can throw in an adapted Monk lick over Cole Porter's “Just One of Those Things” or deconstruct the Harry Secombe/Tony Bennett classic, “If I Ruled The World”.īut let's cut to the chase, The Pursuit has converted me. He's an exceptionally talented jazz vocalist and pianist but he knows that jazz doesn't sell big these days, pop does.

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