In a concert from the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jamie Cullum links Gene Kelly's "Singin' in the Rain" to Rihanna's "Umbrella."
NPR has written up an interesting article on top-selling U.K. jazz artist Jamie Cullum. A little Sinatra-like with a modern twist, I guarantee you’ll enjoy Jamie’s vocal and piano acrobatics. From the article:
A bit of an aerialist, quick-witted, charming and hyperkinetic, Cullum stays totally focused and in the moment in his Monterey Jazz Festival debut.”
Here, he tells the audience that they’ll be getting some premieres, rehearsed only the day before, wrapped into a three-piece medley about rejection.
“I thought I’d sing about getting dumped and dumping people, like a suite of music,” Cullum says. “I want to start off with one of the great standards, called ‘Blame It on My Youth,’ which I love very much, a great tune. And then we’re going to follow it, segue neatly into a fine artist who I love called Lauryn Hill, and she made a song called ‘The Ex Factor,’ which is all about what it’s like to live near your ex and how you treat each other. And then I’m going to finish the little suite with a tune that I wrote with my bandmates back in England; it’s called ‘You and Me Are Gone.’ The idea is a song that sounds like the theme from The Jungle Book, but it’s about a break-up, so check it out.”
