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Jamie Cullum - Interlude

Interlude
Studio album by Jamie Cullum
Released 6 October 2014 (2014-10-06)
Genre Jazz, Jazz-pop, Big Band
Length 43:39
Label Island Records
Producer Benedic Lamdin for Nostalgia 77
Jamie Cullum chronology
Momentum
(2013)
Interlude
(2014)
Singles from Interlude
  1. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
    Released: 31 August 2014
  2. "Good Morning Heartache"
    Released: 2014
  3. "Don't You Know"
    Released: 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The Telegraph 4/5 stars
New York Times Positive
Rolling Stone Positive

Interlude is the seventh studio album by Jamie Cullum. It was released on 6 October 2014 in the UK and 27 January 2015 in the USA through Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Benedic Lamdin for Nostalgia 77.

The album is composed entirely of cover versions of other artists work including songs written by Ray Charles, Randy Newman, Sufjan Stevens and Dizzy Gillespie. Featured performers on the album include Gregory Porter (Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood) & Laura Mvula (Good Morning Heartache).

The album has received generally favorable reviews from critics. The Daily Telegraph included the album on its list of The 33 best jazz albums of 2014 where music critic Helen Brown rated the album four-out-of-five stars and claims: "This record finally captures the warmth, passion and spontaneity of Cullum's live gigs." In his review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine gives the album four-out-of-five stars and notes "Cullum seems reinvigorated. He's enjoying tearing into these old tunes and that excitement isn't merely palpable, it's contagious."

The Deluxe edition of the album includes a DVD of his 17 song, live performance filmed at the 2014 Jazz à Vienne Festival


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