So far, all JC - CDs / DVDs bought blind, so of course MOMENTUM. That, however, will not happen again in the future. Understandably, everyone wants artists interested in the masses and erreichen.ME has a Jamie Cullum this change of direction is not needed !!!! Only a secret, the awareness is rising and you will be served (should) the mainstream.
Seen from the perspective of pop fans, this album is pretty neat succeeded but he who loves his jazz tracks, no hymns will sing for this publication. Fans of his earlier works, it will take him any ill, but because the masses is to inspire more of Pop, the coffers are ringing, rinse many rolling rubles on Jamie's account, confirming a new musical direction. Finally a talented jazz musician who has not yet considered the radishes from below and then ... Just imagine if, for example, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson or the Modern Jazz Quartet had taken this direction, but let's leave that ...
Leave at most "Sad Sad World" and "Love for Sale" a halfway suitable Abelen impression, and I am referring here to the "Live at Abby Road" versions of the CD 2 For my taste. Also "Comes Love" and "Pure Imagination" give an idea of the "old Jamie".
CD 1 is uniformly bad for me: Catchy, boring, monotonous rhythms, which is virtually no variation exists within the tracks. Mainstream precisely. Are terribly "Everything I Did not Do" and "Anyway". Alarmingly, remembers the CD version 1 "Sad Sad World" Plastic Pop. To "Take Me Out Of Myself", "Save Your Soul" and "You're Not The Only One" I have no words ...
Before MOMENTUM I could have sworn never to write a bad review Jamie Cullum and have almost a guilty conscience. However Cullum is traded in the media as "the jazz phenomenon of UK", which applies to MOMENTUM in any way and raises fears the (new) fans no longer able to distinguish between jazz and pop. For the commercial market certainly a great album, which is attributable to the more sophisticated variety pop music, but for me a bitter disappointment, which will only see a drive from inside, if generally acceptable vorbeiplätschernde background music is in demand as a fan of his jazz tracks.
Fortunately, Jamie Cullum has also recorded a jazz CD in January, which we hope will not be waiting too long in coming and his jazz fans stimmt.Zudem he is conciliatory LIVE A crazy experience, I really wonder why so far in addition to "Live at Blenheim Palace "No live CD or DVD was released, apart from the" The Pursuit DVD ", which presents only a montage of various concerts. Enough material would know God exists. The Leipzig Radio Concert "Live at JUMP Radio" and the BBC Proms in 2010 would be good examples and esgibt so much more. His studio recordings act against his live performances so fade to dull. A publication of its "2011 Cheltenham Jazz Festival performance" would be the fulfillment of every jazz fan.
I hope MOMENTUM was an experimental foray into other fields and only the next CD covers at least two areas.
