Interlude (Jamie Cullum Album)
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Interlude is the seventh studio album by
Jamie Cullum Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine stu ...
. It was released on 6 October 2014 in the UK and 27 January 2015 in the US through Island Records, a division of Universal Music. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Benedic Lamdin for Nostalgia 77. The album is composed entirely of cover versions of other artists work including songs written by
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, Randy Newman, Sufjan Stevens and Dizzy Gillespie. Featured performers on the album include
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Reception

The album has received generally favourable reviews from critics. ''
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'' included the album on its list of The 33 best jazz albums of 2014 where music critic Helen Brown rated the album four-out-of-five stars and claims: "This record finally captures the warmth, passion and spontaneity of Cullum's live gigs." In his review for
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, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gives the album four-out-of-five stars and notes "Cullum seems reinvigorated. He's enjoying tearing into these old tunes and that excitement isn't merely palpable, it's contagious."


Track listing

The deluxe edition of the album includes a DVD of Cullum's 17-song live performance filmed at the 2014 Jazz à Vienne Festival


Charts


References

2014 albums Jamie Cullum albums Island Records albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub