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Jamie Cullum
British musician
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Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979, Rochford, Essex, England) is a British musician who is known for jazz compositions that are heavily influenced by contemporary popular music. Cullum grew up in Hullavington and—mostly self-taught—began playing in a rock band at age 15. He soon became attracted to jazz and began playing and singing it in bars and on cruise ships. He spent a year in Paris and then attended the University of Reading, England, where he studied film and English, composed music, and acted. In 1999 he fronted his own money to record his first album, Heard It All Before, ...(100 of 253 words)