Jamie Cullum Vinyl Records
Blessed with a raspy croon and deft piano chops, England's Jamie Cullum has gained acclaim for his stylistically broad mix of jazz, melodic pop, and rock. Just as likely to cover a song by Radiohead as Thelonious Monk, Cullum broke into the mainstream with 2002's Pointless Nostalgic and 2003's Twentysomething, the latter of which earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Compared early on to Harry Connick, Jr. and Norah Jones, Cullum has developed into a distinctive singer/songwriter, able to move from earnest ballads to pop songs of sardonic wit.