Jamie Cullum releases first album in five years

British pianist and singer Jamie Cullum releases his new album ‘Taller’ today; his eighth studio LP and his first since 2014’s ‘Interlude’. He says he feels prouder of this project than anything else in his career; it’s something that’s been brewing for nearly a decade, and a distinctive step away from his jazz-inspired work. ‘Taller’ is all original material inspired by his wife Sophie Dahl and takes influence from as diverse a range of artists as Ray Charles and The White Stripes.

Jamie says, “There’s a line in a song called ‘Endings Are Beginnings’ that is ‘I write to learn what I’m thinking’ and that sums it up pretty accurately - this album is like my working notes for life. I don’t think I’ve made music like this before. I hope you can feel the joy amongst its moments of melancholy”.

Of title track ‘Taller’, Jamie says, ‘‘Historically there has been jokes about my physical stature and being married to a taller woman. So I wanted to own it and it seemed like a great image to take, one that could be perceived as vulnerability and yet, vulnerability turning out to be a super power, rather than a weakness.’’

Jamie plays Love Supreme Festival with Jazz FM this summer (July 7th), and has also just announced a UK tour for March 2020…

9 March: Dublin, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
11 March: York, Barbican
12 March: Glasgow, Armadillo
13 March: Sheffield, City Hall
15 March: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
16 March: Oxford, New theatre
18 March: London, Palladium
20 March: Gateshead, Sage 1
23 March: Liverpool, Philharmonic
24 March: Cardiff, St David’s Hall
25 March: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
27 March: Portsmouth, Guildhall