Lined up at Dick's today to catch my favorite new crooner in concert. It's a small venue and tickets were cheap, so I thought "eh, it couldn't hurt to go..." Well, the intimate setting was perfect for such a performance and made for a more down-to-earth experience - and Jaime was amazing! I'd certainly pay three times the price to see him in concert again.
From the minute he hit the stage, to the last encore, he had the crowd in awe. Not only were we fixated by the dexterous fingers gliding across the ivory and ebony, but his boisterous charm and contagious energy is what kept us begging for more. He bounced around on stage, on the piano, on top of the bar, under the piano, played the piano like a drum kit, played the piano like a guitar, ska'ed, drank, danced, and basically had a rockin' good time both during and between his songs.
Jamie was a hyperactive ball of energy one second, and a soulful, introspective performer the next - never shedding his credibility or likeability in between. His storytelling sessions were also a hit. Anyone with an English accent can tell me a story and I'll be a captive audience simply because I have a thing for accents, but this guy was actually funny in a genuine, 'aw shucks' kind of way.
Mad talent, enchanting voice, unending imagination and creativity, charming wittiness, scruffy handsomeness, and absolutely likeable too. Jamie Cullum, I'm, like, totally in love with you. (I'm allowed to say that, aren't I?)
Katija and I were singing (and attempting to dance on the streets) Jamie's jazz-ma-taz version of "I Could Have Danced All Night" the whole way home.
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