Jacob grew up listening to Take 6. I recently saw an interview with them where they spoke about how blown away and honored they were to be a part of this cover. Jacob's story is remarkable, I've spent my whole life dedicated to music and I've never come across an individual like him, he flips everything you thought you knew about music upside down. Wait til you hear his arrangements of Moon River and In The Bleak Midwinter, you will be a changed person afterwards :D

Jacob is a legend already and he hasn't long started his musical journey. I love that he involves as many people as possible in his work. The backing singers here are the acapella gospel choir, Take 6. Jacob is from London but in reality he represents the world and could be from anywhere.

Jacob Collier always takes music theory and harmony to a different level than I didnt know that could be possible 🤣

Jacob is a genius. Another great one is All I need ft Mahalia and Ty Dolla Sign

One thing about Jacob- he is a generous and talented collaborator, loves to lift up the work of other great musicians. Two more recommendations- His solo, after midnight rendition of Coldplay's "Fix You" as a benefit for a cancer organization, totally different and rapturous musical experience. Also, the live version of "Never Gonna Be Alone" with Lizzy McAlpine and John Mayer is just lovely.

Love your reaction! The background vocal group is called "Take 6" - Jacob Collier is from London. Jacob wrote all the parts in the arrangement and won a Grammy for this video!

My favorite thing, as a Take 6 fan, is how Jacob stacks his vocals and sounds like all of them at the same time. Dude is no joke at all. Check out Jacob Collier and Daniel Caeser "Time Alone with You".

@JamilaGomez82

Жыл бұрын

Also, his cover of "Moon River" is absolutely STUNNING!!!

@JamilaGomez82

Жыл бұрын

Wait...one more thing. As far as Take 6 goes, the one in the middle with the glasses with the high voice towards the end? That's Brian McKnight's older brother.

You have no idea the level of genius at work here. Beyond his vocal range and control including the ability to sing in microtones. He composes and arranges all of these and when Quincy Jones saw his Don't You Worry About a Thing cover on the internet then contacted him and eventually became his manager. Herbie Hancock and some other musical greats got involved then too when was maybe early 20s. On earlier songs it's him singing all parts but also playing Bass, drums, keyboards, guitar, mandolin and so on. No horns so he wrote for orchestra too. He uses Logic X to overdub himself and edits his own videos too. Yes, that's Take 6 singing in it who he's also performed with. I didn't find out about him until about 2 months ago and saw him in concert two weeks ago where did his own music and several genres and this gospel style choral piece below was premiered that night. He also leads the audience in improvised 3 part choral harmonies. If you understand music theory at all you'd see new wonders when he talks about that. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gqx8qKySkZe3eZc.html

I am listening to JC for some years now. I grew up in Vienna with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Genesis,… the 80th were saved by Sting, the 90th completely lost. And then Jacob appeared and gave me back my faith in musical creativity. He is Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Debussy, Ligety. All in one. Still, I keep doing my music, and I absolutely love the fact, that I can not just copy anything he does.

@jayclarke5466

Ай бұрын

U forgot Charles Ives…and Charlie Parker

@gregonline6506

Ай бұрын

@@jayclarke5466 and so many other beautiful minds!

As hard as it is to believe, you have just scratched the surface of what Jacob Collier can actually do !!! absolutely one of the most gifted prodigies the world has ever seen

More!

I first saw Jacob on a "expert shows a thing at 5 levels of increasing complexity" (not the actual title, can't remember it) where he demonstates harmony and harmonising to 5 different levels of musician, todler, middleschooler, uni person, pro violinist and Herbie Hancock...who I believe tutored him at one point, but I kinda see Jacob as having done the martial art thing of surpassing his master, and I think Herbie is very proud of that. I think an interesting thing about Jacobs voice is the lack of vibrato. It's such a pure tone in the sense of all the elements and overtones making up his tone are steady during each note (because of the no vibrato) and we are so unused to that, and then he layers those and again because of the lack of vibrato it's a bit like a church organ with the fullness of the sound.

It's one of my favorite sports watching people freaking out due to Jacob (or Lawerence). Your reaction is extremely cute and pure.

Search Jacob Collier and pick any song and you will be wrecked again. Kids a genius. I have a feeling his version of Moon River will absolutely blow your mind to smithereens.

for your info... Jacob Collier is 27, 9 times Grammy nominated, 5 times Grammy winner.

@gbulmer

Жыл бұрын

*No* Jacob Collier is 28 (born August 1994). He's been Grammy nominated 11 times. Best Wishes. ☮

Your "Whoaaaaaaaa" at 9:21 could/should have been part of this masterpiece, and the "cough, sneezed, farted all at the same time" is probably the best single line description of a Collier reaction I've ever heard after watching probably hundreds of these - thank you! :)

Yep he's an alien. He's the perfect video to react to - i've spent way too much time watching everyone from pro musicians to music lovers react and it's joyful. Loved your reaction. Going to trawl your videos now and see if you watched anything else of Jacob's!

Just discovered your channel - love your enthusiasm and commentary! Jacob's simultaneously an otherworldly alien and yet simultaneously one of the nicest most down-to-earth human beings on planet earth (as can be seen in his interviews and livestreams). I'm happy you discovered him!

Jacob’s arrangement of this song is like a musical buffet where every food choice is scrumptious. Your reaction was spot-on, and you have a long way to go yet. I would also suggest Moon River (video version), but there’s so much to sift through with Jacob’s catalog that it hardly matters where you go next.

I’m a music teacher. Jacob Collier is an historical figure and he is not yet 30. This young man is the greatest musical genius of our time and possibly all time. He puts the genius of Mozart to shame. This is good and bad. It is good because it blows the minds of the greatest musicians alive. His music makes you think. The bad part is that music is also emotional and that is where Jacob will come short. Jennifer Hudson won’t be nearly as musically 16:03 mind blowing as Jacob, but will draw at the heart strings in a way that brings out deep emotions. I can only listen to Jacob so long; then I need to shift to music that is much simpler; but moves the heart.

"That felt like I coughed, sneezed, and farted all at the same time-" I CANNOT LMAO

Just think of Jacob as the genius of this generation that has even the musical greats of the past in admiration

Best. Reaction. Ever. 😂😂😂❤

He's simply a genius

Gosh, I just wanted to say how much I love your energy.

I call Jacob the "god of music". He did everything himself. That means he wrote the entire arrangement for the orchestra and Take 6. If you listen to Moon River, he uses quarter tones (entirely vocal, because instruments are all a little off - called equal temperament), He is from England and he is just turned 29.

Subscribing to watch the epic dive into the Jacob Collier rabbit hole that’s coming. I’d start with “The Flintstones” theme and go from there. The stuff that comes out of him is unbelievable. Have fun!! Fantastic reaction by the way. 😃❤️😃

I love you; love your reactions which I am totally digging. I just discoverd Collier as well, mind is blown, will be seeing him in Miami in May 2024.

Collier's gonna be the greatest there ever was. The best has yet to come. Excellent reaction, you were just as through the roof as i was hearing this, you have the vocal chops to really appreciate what this young man is doing here.

The group is called Take 6 and they are the greatest acapella group in this universe. They sing six part harmony and they've been doing their thing since 1981. The group was started by Claude McKnight III (the one with the grey goatee and hat), who happens to be the elsest brother of Brian McKnight. The dude with the standing bass is the bass of the group. Quincy Jones calls them "The baddest vocal cats on the planet". You should check them out. Oh and by the way, Jacob composed and arranged all of this in just 6 hours, let that sink in...lol.

Pretty much reacted the same way as you the first I heard this, touched me like no other tune I have heard my life, has the joy of gospel and the humanity of the world squeezed in it.

Sweet reaction 😂… I don’t know, what is better: Jacob‘s videos or the reaction videos about him. But I am honest: Jacob often moves me to tears. So it’s okay to lose one‘s mind with his music, I guess…

You need to check out Jacob's cover of "Fix you - Coldplay". He won a grammy for the composition, it's incredible

@gbulmer

Жыл бұрын

*NO* Jacob Collier did not win a Grammy for his _"... cover of "Fix you - Coldplay"_ Also, because he did not compose it, Chris Martin of Coldplay did that, it could not happen that _"... He won a grammy for the composition ..."._ I imagine Brittany trusts comments to be truthful & accurate. What's your aim?

the great thing about jacob's work is that when you asked about how its made. Majority of his youtube channel has the behind the scenes lectures and master classes of his songs, the inner workings of musical theory with examples of how its applied to his work, and the variations styles of how he likes his videos produced in. if its not on his youtube channel then check out the college lectures he gives out in the same way; you can find the masses and on youtube too

I your way with words!!😂 Golden. Subscribed!

When I saw that you were going to react to "All Night Long" I honestly couldn't have been happier. You do such fun reactions. I had a smile on my face from start to finish. I can see that a lot of Jacob fans have already started filling in the story for you so I'll do my best not to repeat too much. Big picture Jacob arranged this, orchestrated this, sang and played all the instruments you saw. He produced this and did the entire video himself. To say Jacob is talented really doesn't even scratch the surface. Jacob and Quincy are great friends and Jacob is admired by musicians the world over and without a doubt is a genius. He's also super humble, giving, creative off the charts and has been accused of being an alien more times than I or anybody else can probably count. I believe Jacob is still just 27. He's currently on a world tour with his ongoing band and some of us are waiting expectantly for his fifth album (the forth and final in an epic series). Your energy is so great I really hope you'll react to some more Jacob. For an all vocal/acapella taken to the next level of the next level...well you get the idea. Consider reacting to Jacob's version of "Moon River". This is a profoundly beautiful rendition that only Jacob could have conceived of and created. Link follows: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iISApc1mdre8pto.html

@gbulmer

Жыл бұрын

He's actually 28, (born August 1994). Best Wishes. ☮

@robote7679

Жыл бұрын

@@gbulmer Thanks for the update. I'm so looking forward to the final installment of Djessie. A whole album of new materiel. Whew that is wild to even try to imagine what his imagination and talent will do with that. Peace my friend.

Jacob Collier is simply the best musician in the world. You have only hit the bottom of the mountain of this guy. I encourage you to dive deeeeeep.

13:15 - Take 6, worth a watch. Shout out from Tenerife (Canary Islands) 🌹

It's quite a complement to the genius of Lionel Richie and a perfect vehicle for the incredible acapella group, Take 6 - who I never felt was appreciated as they deserve. Jacob Collier is like Stevie Wonder adding the visual elements (who I'm sure is also another big time mentor). If you didn't catch all the "celebrities" you might not have noticed Quincy Jones (who himself was a young genius). Fantastic rendition. :)

He is basically sponsored by Quincy Jones. He has a handful of musicians that he helps get hooked up on account of their talent, I think they are just friends at this point but when he was younger Quincy helped him get noticed. And yea those dudes are a group, Take 6.

Hello Brit, i suggest you to react also to the cover of Moon river from Jacob. This is mind blowing . But you will love it for sure.

loved this

Hey, that was a very nice and appropriate reaction. Loved every single bar of it. Jacob Collier is from UK, in his MIDTWENTIES. He basically started as a youtube-musician who has perfect pitch and plays almost every instrument. Hes has them all in his room. Hence the title of one of his albums. I first saw him covering a song by Imogen Heap and was blown away. (Hide and Seek) Then I found and hereby highly recommend his series of youtubevideos #iHarmU where he got snippets of other musicians/singers that he then reharmonized. You can find a lot of people featured there, like Dodie (great singer, composer) or Herbie Hancock. The group of men you figured out is „Take 6“, yes, the genius vocalists. The big orchestra is the „Metropol Orkest“, they collaborate a lot. Quincy is his producer and mentor (as he is for Dirty Loops). For more „shock and awww…“ moments I‘d suggest Jacobs all a capella „Moon River“. Make sure you have a box of church towels, you will need them all. Thanks for your enthusiastic reactions. Love it❤

Please react to more Jacob collier ❤

I love your reaction to this - I've been following Jacob for years now, and seen him live twice. I think most of mty comments have already been made, but you might like to know that the orchestra is the Metropole Orkest with conductor Jules Buckley. Dancing in the street are, I think, some of his crew from his 2019 World Tour - at 2:22 you can see his bass player Robin Mullarkey in the blue shirt, and then at 2:40 Maro in the red top who was part of his band on that tour (she represented Portugal in the Eurovision song contest 2022). Last, but not least, Jacob's mother Susie Collier, a professional musician, appears with her violin at 3:51.

@jeremyskelton8067

Жыл бұрын

p.s. my favourite introduction might be his Tiny Desk (Home) concert kzread.info/dash/bejne/n36GmLqMg67PXco.html

@fliprim

Жыл бұрын

I'd recommend the Tiny Desk concert at NPR kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIR2y9StYbzOpbA.html As it shows how he works with very talented others like Robin Mullarkey and MARO then I'd link to their collabs kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZoR9r7SYn6q4k7g.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/a6xho9iTdrXXeKQ.html Then solo and simple... Fix You

When reactors discover Dirty Loops, it's often followed by Jacob Collier, or vice versa. You should definitely dig deeper into both artists, some of the most musical individuals currently living (and yes, people hate when someone generalize like that) - especially Jacob who, regardless of what one thinks of his music, must be in the top 5 of the most talented musicians throughout the whole history.

@JamilaGomez82

Жыл бұрын

This is how it went for me. I went down the Dirty Loops rabbit hole and then Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, Cory Wong, and Polyphia followed. It's all their fault lol

Great entertaining and enjoyable reaction. Great detective work through the video too, as you piece it all together, videos of many performances edited together. Yep he and Quincy have a closer than usual business relationship.

you may be one of the most beautiful souls on the planet

You will absolutely enjoy reading just how Jacob was responsible for the whole arrangement. The man is a genius.

I think that’s take 6 a legendary band from the uk. Probably why Jacob adored them so much.

@brettmeadow5316

26 күн бұрын

Take six is from america. They were formed at Oakwood College, now Oakwood University, in Huntsville AL. The choir near the end of the video is also from that same institution called the Aeolians. Just a little bit of information for you friend.

@Gnomojo

26 күн бұрын

@@brettmeadow5316 thanks I learned something today. I thought they were British!

You asked what instruments does Jacob play. He plays: - piano superbly, and keyboards, - guitars (acoustic, electric, bass, and others in the guitar 'family') - double bass. His Mum is a professional violinist and music teacher, so he likely can play some string instruments with a bow, but I've never seen it. - melodica - a human-breath powered, very low cost, 'organ'. It's popular in UK schools music teaching. AFAIK, it's the lowest cost genuinely polyphonic instrument. So folks can play chords. - drums and percussion. He has a drum kit, and many unusual percussion instruments. - "Harmonizer" which is a specialised keyboard instrument designed in collaboration with Ben Bloomberg, a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab. It uses his voice as a sound source, then enables him to play an entire 88-key instrument using his voice. So he can sing harmonies live. I've *never* seen him play (on video) 'brass' eg. trumpet, or trombone, or 'woodwinds' eg. saxophone, or bassoon. He can get most of those sounds on a modern keyboard. Best Wishes. ☮ _JACOB COLLIER: WTF IS A HARMONISER? | EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL PREVIEW_ kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqKkuKOygM3edKQ.html (1m:44s) explains it a little. Jacob has perfect pitch (aka absolute pitch). He says when he's healthy he can recognise notes to '5¢' (5% of a semitone). More usefully he can sing it, and sing the scale around it. So he never uses autotune on his published songs. He can also sing the notes in an "equal tempered scale" or "Just Scale" (aka "harmonic tuning") for practically any scale. So he doesn't have the limitations of a normal keyboard. He demonstrates this when he harmonises to short clips of music sent to him by patreons in his #IHarmU series. Eg _Jacob Collier's __#IHarmU__ Vol. 2_ kzread.info/dash/bejne/oK58qJRrZczIkc4.html The little girl singing twinkle twinkle (3rd clip) and getting distracted is adorable, then Jacob adds magic. ✨

it's a double bass. Jacob is a multi instrumentalist they say there's not an instrument he can't play. Wait til you see his cover of Fix You - this cover of Lionel Richie is great too

Quincy took Jacob under his wing. Offered to be his manager. Jacob is from North London, he's a genius !

6:07 Jacob fait tout. La seule chose qu'il n'a pas faite sur cette vidéo et cette chanson, c'est écrire les paroles et composer la musique. Tout le reste, c'est lui tout seul (sauf le Metropol Orkest sous la direction de Jules Buckley qu'on voit dans ce clip) : arrangements, interprétation (tous les instruments, voix y compris), enregistrement (tous les instruments, voix y compris), mixage, mastering, prises de vue, montage vidéo, montage son. Il a invité quelques amis à chanter avec lui sur cette reprise du tube légendaire de Lionel Richie, dont Take 6 et Quincy Jones, qui l'a immédiatement signé. Il est le seul au monde à faire tout ça en même temps avec une virtuosité inégalable. Les enregistrements réalisés dans cette chambre lui ont valu ses deux premiers Grammy Awards sur (déjà) 5 en 7 ans seulement. Il avait 24 ans sur ce clip. Mais surtout, et de l'avis général partagé par tous, c'est un être humain d'une qualité rarissime, tout entier porté par l'amour de la musique, des autres et de la vie. Il apporte depuis bientôt dix ans un souffle nouveau sur l'approche de la musique moderne en un mélange d'absolument tout ce qui a été fait avant, en gros. Extrêmement intelligent tout autant que sensible, il est un livre ouvert sur les autres et ne cesse de chercher le contact avec eux pour les emmener. Ses performances live sont déjà des trésors qu'on étudie dans les plus grandes écoles de musique à travers le monde. Les musiciens professionnels se pressent au portillon pour rencontrer ce prodige qui donne des cours d'harmonie à Herbie Hancock. Si ce n'est déjà fait, je vous conseille de vous jeter corps et âmes dans son oeuvre naissante mais déjà prolifique. C'est un privilège d'être vivant à la même époque que lui pour être témoin de ce qu'il est en train d'accomplir. Votre magnifique réaction atteste de sa capacité hors du commun à émouvoir ses congénères humains. Merci à vous Britt. Stéphane (Tours, France)

Jacob is a pure musical genius. I advise you to listen and watch his video of “Chrismas song”. I would love to see your very funny and sincere reactions. Merry Christmas Britt. 🥳

Very enjoyable reaction video. Thank you and you had just the correct combination of feelings that you expressed at the end! I’m sure you’ve now discovered Jacob is an Uber talented young man from North London. And I would absolutely advise you go see him live should you ever get the chance - even in 35 years time. He is the only person I have ever come across, who is potentially on a par with Prince as alive act - and that’s really saying something.

Jacob did a live stream deep dive into the Logic Session for this song, talking about how he put it all together (it's almost as unbelievable as the song itself!): kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3WBxZaEj7G-o6Q.html

@nicebluejay

Жыл бұрын

i believe there is another video on this channel that covers the editing for the video portion as well.

@fliprim

Жыл бұрын

It possibly worth saying that JC was due to fly from London to Amsterdam to record with the orchestra and only decided on "All Night Long" at midnight the night before. He arranged all the orchestral parts in the following 6 hours before having to leave for the airport. The video on the other hand took him a year to complete.

Bonus if you hear the Gershwin quote too. Plus Steve Vai cameo.

Love this reaction!!!

Jacob is the pond

Yeah its Lionel Ritchie 8:16 13:14 thats the take 6 group 13:48 the song has an african type rythmn but jacob is british. He's a mix of English and Asian ancestry. Loved the video , I dig jacob very deeply.

Word is that the night before recording this with the orchestra, JC could not decide whether to do this or a Michael Jackson song. They decided on this and he scored and arranged it in six hours. He had never scored for an orchestra before. If you have not already, check out Fix You. As stunning as it is, it was the first time he had played it on piano. I saw him recently - his relationship to musical instruments, piano in particular, is supernatural.

Hhaha, what a great reaction...

@brittreacts

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁 I’m still recovering lol

Upright Bass is the name of the instrument. That’s the bass from take 6, Alvin Chea.

I feel like Jacob would love watching this lol

Take 6 the best

There was an earlier video Jacob arranged/performed/recorded/produced, (his cover of “Don’t You Worry ‘bout a Thing”), QJ watched…. and when he finished watching, he gathered his staff and told them, “Find him and sign him”. I once heard Jacob referred to as ‘the John Williams of vocals’… ‘nuff said. Some of the performers are gospel a cappella group Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest. Here is a tease to his most recent epic recording “Bridge Over Troubled Water” working with Tori Kelly kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4Gkpquqabaocso.htmlsi=4WyGu3C3CNhMzxHx

genius

Should check out his earlier works, one of my favorite of his is Georgia On My Mind

This guy is the Jesus of music

12:03 J'arrive un peu tard, c'est sûrement déjà fait, mais vous devez absolument voir les reprises qu'il a faites de "P.Y.T" et "Human Nature" (entre autres) de MJ !!! Impossible de rater ça dans une vie. Des joyaux d'arrangements et de montage faits par un jeune ado londonien dans sa chambre.

I just love your unreserved reactions! AND I LOOOVE Jacobs take on All night long ❤ You knew about Quincy and Lionel but not about Take 6. Interesting :)

Girl, you will lose your MARBLES for his “Moon River” cover

How he does it? Simple : it's a computerprogram called ' Logic ' ( one of many pc-programs to recordand edit music on a PC).

So happy for you when you got Lionel Richie 😆😆😆

Congratulations you figured it out yes it's Lionel Richie

almost forgot BRitt you should see him and fellow genius keyboardist Cory Henry cover Michael Jackson Billie Jean

Looks like lots of people have you covered on background info, so I’ll just add that the African musics influence you noticed was Gnawa music. Just a snippet of the rhythm is included here from the collab he did with the talented Hamid El Kasiri, called Everlasting Motion

Jacob is from North London

They are the 90. Acapello takes 6 well noun .Jacob play all interments and he compose it him self.

How many musical instruments do you play, Jacob? Jacob: Yes.

Awesome reaction / like hearing it for the first time again / you should try moon river / Quincy produces him / he knows everybody / Jacob wrote the music made the calls and layered it in himself / like thousands / please don’t hold me responsible for what moon river will do to you / good luck

That sweater looks so comfy britt. Yikes.

Britt, it’s a Lionel Ritchie’s song from 1983. 🤯☺️🥰

Lionel Richie, indeed.

Did you spot Quincy Jones?

Waiting another Jacob Collier's react... How about "Running outta love" with Tori Kelly ? (Spoiler alert : lots of runs)

The great lionel Richie

New to your channel and loving it already. I can't tell if you have a musical background, but you keep asking how he does it. Well, he recorded a stream where he basically walks through the whole song in Logic Pro. It's long and pro'ly not suitable for a reaction or anything, but it's /fascinating/ how he composes music. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h3WBxZaEj7G-o6Q.html

@AdamDray

Жыл бұрын

As others have surely told you, Jacob won a Grammy for "All Night Long." He was 21 years old. If you're looking for "nexts," here's a sampling of his best work that should really give you an idea of his talent and range: Time Alone with You (Grammy nom.) -- kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZKWJpduQZ8jdgNY.html Flintstones (Grammy win) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/rKmVmpVqpdfdfbA.html He Won't Hold You (Grammy win) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaJ1l9KoY6S5qaw.html Moon River (Grammy win) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/iISApc1mdre8pto.html Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (live on a Yamaha Disklavier playback piano) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXdnqdSzn7Stabg.html Enjoy!

@robote7679

Жыл бұрын

He is as inspired with LogicPro as he is with everything else in his life. Quite extraordinary.

he made this song on a 6 hour flight....lolwut

Jacob himself might answer all your answers here: kzread.infoUAMc4K_NXsA?feature=share 😉

Did you say Cover 😂.

Portrait of an woman losing all composure.