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Most students spend their loans on booze, food, fags, maybe even some coursework books.
But when Jamie Cullum was studying he ploughed his money into making his own CD.
He sold it to his mates. Word quickly spread. Within a year he'd signed a million pounds deal with mega jazz label Verve.
Now he's about to release his debut major label album - Twentysomething.
Jamie Cullum talks to Dean Jackson (part one)
During the interview Jamie talks about:-
- Getting into jazz
- Writing with his brother
- Going from a student loan to a big money artist
- TV appearances on Parkinson and being voted Best Newcomer at the BBC Jazz awards.
Jamie Cullum talks to Dean Jackson (part two)
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| Young kid on the block - Jamie's new album release |
So let's start the Jamie Cullum verses Michael Bublé rivalry here.
We've previously said what we think about the young Bublé so how does 23-year-old Cullum stand up?
Well he's British for a start and he's already achieving the attention of magazines like Vogue and Esquire.
What his album has over Bublé's is the inclusion of self-composed tracks which sound fine next to the standards.
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| Jamie takes the mic - pic by Tom Craig |
He's also got more of a Harry Connick Junior slant about him, in that his interpretations of classics are more off the wall than the straight forward approach of Bublé.
And songs like It's About Time, written by brother Ben, point to great things ahead.
Twentysomething is released on Universal/Verve records.
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