Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething CD (2004) (CD)

On twentysomething, Jamie Cullumcelebrates jazz and retrofits standards to accommodate elements of the music he grew up with, from rock to rap to drum and bass. Just as gracefully, he recasts the works of contemporary luminaries like Radiohead and Jeff Buckley with a harmonic vocabulary he learned picking through old Gershwin tunes. But this young upstart has drawn raves as more than just an interpreter with a slate of originals, both by Jamie and his older brother, Ben, that draw upon, and reflect, the experience of his own generation. It is Jamie’s forte as a writer - not just a singer and performer - of songs that has garnered his latest kudos.