Jamie Cullum and jazzopen - thats a festival story of its own. The Brit convinces on stages around the world, but he always comes back to jazzopen stuttgart. This summer for the seventh time in a row. And whatever the superstar with the energy of a rock star offers this time - one song will certainly not be missing: Save your soul. The anthem, the ritual, Stuttgart jumps, Stuttgart sings. In these moments the indescribable connection between the whirlwind and the capital becomes particularly clear. Cullum calls it the "Stuttgart Thing". A lord of the castle and his audience. "We went through rain storms together. We endured the heat together. We havent had snow yet - fortunately," he says.

The man spreads a lot of charm, and he knows how to tear down the boundaries between pop and jazz like hardly anybody else and to combine refreshingly unique arrangements of jazz standards with his own compositions and cover versions. The result: more than ten million records sold, countless music prizes, self-written songs for feature films like Clint Eastwoods Gran Torino, his own radio show. Jamie Cullum is one of Britains most successful contemporary artists, with loyal fans around the world. Especially in Stuttgart.