Jacob Collier | You and I

Welcome to MUSIC CIRCLE Jacob Collier (born 2 August 1994) is an English musician and producer. His music incorporates elements from many musical genres, and often features extreme use of reharmonisation. In 2012, his split-screen video covers of popular songs, such as Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing“, began to go viral on YouTube. In 2014, Collier signed to Quincy Jones’ management company and began working on his one-man, audio-visual live performance vehicle, designed and built at the MIT Media Lab by Ben Bloomberg. In 2016, Collier released his debut album, In My Room, which he recorded, arranged, performed and produced himself in the small back room of his family home in Finchley, north London. In 2017, Collier was awarded Grammy Awards for his arrangements of “Flintstones“ and “You And I“. In 2018, Collier began working on Djesse, a four-volume, 50-song album featuring more than two dozen artists and ensembles. The first volume, which features the Metropole Orkest, Djesse Vol. 1, was released in December 2018. The second, Djesse Vol. 2, uses more acoustic instrumentation, and was released in July 2019. In 2020, Collier won Grammy Awards for his arrangements of “All Night Long (All Night)“ from Djesse Vol. 1 , “Moon River“ from Djesse Vol. 2 and 2021 for “He Won’t Hold You“ from Djesse Vol. 3 respectively. The third volume, Djesse Vol. 3, which Collier describes as being based in electronic sounds, was released on 14 August 2020. Collier is the first British artist to receive a Grammy Award for each of his first four albums. In 2014, Collier signed to Quincy Jones’ management company and began working on his one-man, audio-visual live performance vehicle, designed and built at the MIT Media Lab by Ben Bloomberg. Collier grew up in north London, raised with two younger sisters by his parents, who separated in 2004. His mother, Susan Collier, is a violinist, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music’s Junior Academy. Collier’s maternal grandfather, Derek Collier, was a violinist who also taught at the Royal Academy and performed with orchestras around the world. Collier’s father, headteacher Patrick Moriarty, is also a talented amateur musician. Collier says, “We sing Bach chorales together as family – it’s just so much fun.“ Collier is partly of Chinese descent, through his maternal grandmother, Lila Wong. Collier attended Mill Hill County High School in north London and The Purcell School for Young Musicians in Bushey, Hertfordshire. He briefly studied jazz piano at the Royal Academy. At age 10 he portrayed Tiny Tim in Arthur Allan Seidelman’s A Christmas Carol. At the same time, Collier was also performing as a treble singer in classical roles such as one of the three boys in Mozart’s The Magic Flute and “Miles“ in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, the latter of which heavily influenced his usage and understanding of harmony. Of Britten’s harmonic language, Collier says, “my mind was shattered outwards.“ Collier received the ABRSM Gold Medal for the highest mark in the country for his grade eight singing result in 2008. Collier has perfect pitch. Jacob Collier’s quartet features the Portuguese multi-instrumentalist MARO, bassist Robin Mullarkey and drummer Christian Euman. ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢: Yamaha REFACE CP Roland GO:KEYS Studiologic SL88 (Midi Controller) Alesis Recital Pro Yamaha P45 Roland FP-10 Nord Stage 3 Yamaha YC61 Moog Sub 37 Hammond SKX ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ PLEASE SUBCRIBE, LIKE & COMMENT! - ♬usic Ci♪cle. ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ #MusicCircle, #TopMusic , Art Tatum, #JacobCollier #CoryHenry #JacobCollier , Oscar Peterson, #Gospel , #HammondOrgan , #Bass , #Keyboard , #Guitar , #Drums , #ClassicalMusic , #Jazz, #Blues, #Funk , Stride, Reggae ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.