Jamie Cullum - These Are The Days

What this video is

This video was produced at a pivotal moment in UK music: Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething had just become the fastest-selling jazz album in UK chart history and elevated him to the country's highest-selling jazz artist in 2003. The single 'These Are The Days / Frontin'' reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, marking a rare crossover achievement for a jazz artist in the mainstream charts. The black-and-white,…

Why it matters

Documents a rare and historically significant moment of jazz achieving genuine UK mainstream chart penetration in the early 2000s. The video's monochrome performance aesthetic codifies a visual grammar for 'respectable' jazz-pop crossover — raw, intimate, musician-led — that would influence…