In the Mind of Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: DISTRICT 6
• ASIN: B000T9BOKC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,390 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nina Simone- I Think It's Gonna Rain Today

2. Luiz Bonfa- Perdido de Amor

3. Mark Murphy- Stolen Moments

4. Jamie Cullum- I'd Probably Do It Again (previously unreleased)

5. Laurent Garnier- Acid Eiffel

6. Quasimoto- Jazz Cats Part 1

7. Charles Mingus- Fables of Faustus

8. Jamie Cullum- After You've Gone (previously unreleased)

9. Donovan- Get Thy Bearings

10. Elbow- Station Approach

11. Cinematic Orchestra- All Things to All Men

12. Herbie Hancock- Nobu

13. Roni Size- Brown Paper Bag

14. Clipse- Mr. Me Too

15. The Bad Plus- Flim

16. Polyphny- Sleep

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Neccesarily for Pop-Jazz Genre Fans But Great, October 13, 2007

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M. Roberts (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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Off the bat if should be said that this is NOT a Jamie Cullum CD.

I mean this in that Jamie is not singing most of these songs and that Cullums songs are more of a pop-infused jazz and a lot of his influences are much different than that(lots of jazz).

This out of the way, this album is great for its purpose. The purpose of the album is to get into the mind of Jamie and where his influences came from.

This album accomplishes its purpose and furthermore, it has included probably now one of my favorite Jamie Cullum songs "I'd Probably Do It Again".

A good buy for any Jamie Cullum fan who wants an insight on where Jamie obtained his musical taste and talent.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating inside view of Jamie's tastes., October 8, 2007

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This review is from: In the Mind of Jamie Cullum (Audio CD)

Echoing the inaugural set by flamenco guitarist, soundtrack composer and songwriter Indian Nitin Sawnhey by taking a similarly meandering and 'hip' approach In the Mind of Nitin Sawhney, this album marks Jamie Cullum's first ever compilation project and includes one original composition and a new classic jazz cover.
With over 2.5 million albums sold to date, Cullum is undoubtedly a jazz phenomenon.
Regularly covering a huge selection of artists and genres in his live show, he jumped at the chance to express his influences on this compilation album.
"People ask why I play jazz", he comments. "It's because you can take it to so many different places. You can embrace dance music, rock, pop music, classical, funk, everything...
"And I touch on all those things in this record. This CD feels like a fantasy resumé", he adds, "or a mix tape I would make for a great friend or a really hot girl".
The CD is kind of his platform to compile some of his influences, and, actually, it's rather good.
Who'd have imagined Jamie would have a soft spot for drum 'n' bass (Roni Size), Brit hip-hop's most commanding voice, Roots Manuva (guesting with Cinematic Orchestra on "All things to all men") and Madlib's roaming tribute to the giants of jazz ("Jazz Cats Pt 1")?
Actually, what we have here is a trove of illuminating, varied and nicely sequenced picks: from Laurent Garnier (dance) through Charles Mingus (jazz great) to Elbow (intelligent Brit rock).
Even if sombre choral pieces aren't your thing, you'd have to admit Polyphony's "Sleep" makes for a decent ending.
Unsurprisingly, the two exclusive Jamie Cullum recordings are amongst the most skippable inclusions, but much of the rest is captivating.
This is another case of an artist's influences being more fascinating than the artist, this is a journey worth taking.
Thankfully, there are only two Jamie tracks here - the idea is for him to show us his influences and an inside view of his tastes. And his tastes are all over the place...
Enjoy !
The Namesake
Yesterdays Universe

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading, January 1, 2008

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Thomas M. (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: In the Mind of Jamie Cullum (Audio CD)

ONLY CONTAINS TWO CULLUM's SONG. Amazon's product description is vague. The cover is very misleading, too. Like others, I thought this would be Jamie Cullum's latest CD. It's not. It's just a compilation of songs by others and not even similar to Cullum's own music. I'll give 5 starts to Twenty Something and Catching Tales, none to this one.