Jacob Collier Extended Interview

Jacob Collier tells Jennifer Hudson how he became Quincy Jones’ protégé. The musician explains the real reason he was so excited for his voice to break.
Originally aired Thursday, October 13, 2022.
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[@FromPoetryToRap]

Extended Interview?? Bro give that man at least an hour to speak, you didn't even scratch the surface... But thanks for being one of the first mainstream platforms to open up to him though

[@samsonadeyemi_]

😂right! It's still very beautiful to watch though😂

[@amberpipkin]

Maybe that is “extended”, a whole 5:28, in a world of KZbin short clips? 😂 definitely a misleading title

[@dreammix9430]

I could watch him all day long

[@jobonvibes]

He doesn't sound like a musical genius! HE IS A MUSICAL GENIUS!

[@jas_bataille]

Of course she knows, she want to make the audience aware of it. Perfect crowd work.

[@af2k368]

No he's not. He's talented but he's not a genius. Most musical geniuses do jazz, not pop. He just has a really strong voice. But he's no musical genius. Julius Rodriguez, Emmet Cohen, Allyn Johnson. Those are musical geniuses. People need to stop overusing the word.

[@orionrenaissance9222]

@@af2k368 um, could you list off the amount of "pop stars" that make the same musical decisions he does? Just wondering cause most of current pop makes me sick to my stomach

[@mihaidelea5672]

what does she know...

[@mihaidelea5672]

u must be a genius too@@af2k368

[@ElizabethT45]

Jacob doesn't just have perfect pitch, he has the ability to hear notes by their wavelength. There's a video where he plays notes on a tuned piano, then explains how pianos are tuned, and then sings the notes that the keys should be playing based on actual wavelength instead of relative pitch. It's completely wild.

[@jas_bataille]

That is perfect pitch tho. Like *actual* perfect pitch. It's extremely rare, but not impossible. I knew someone who was the son of a pipe organ tuner, his mom tuned pipe organs tubes. So she would take a file and adjust the angle at which the air entered the tube until it was a perfect pitch. I reckon he was able, too, to tell the difference between equal temperament and absolute pitch. A great violin maker trained from a young age, in the past, would be able to do this as well. I think Jacob might be one of the very last human beings with this capacity. It's sadly dying :(

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

@@jas_bataille Exactly. However....you say it's dying. TBH, this is a skill you either have or you don't, it's not exactly what I'd call a trainable skill. I mean you CAN train it, like anything in life you can get better at it, but I guarantee only those who naturally have this skill will get far with it.

[@santoshvenkataramani]

Frequency, not wavelength

[@ElizabethT45]

@@santoshvenkataramani oh my gosh you're right, thanks for the accurate correction.

[@catherinepowers2750]

He is in fact a musical genius. He is a joy!

[@wmom1816]

I bet even the audience didn't know they could sound like that😮❤!

[@robinsierra1029]

Aside from being a musical genius, I love the way he dresses. Quite unique.

[@chicagogirl14]

4:44 I literally thought they sound like angels lol.

[@hamacaboy]

Yay!!!😊 the world is discovering the living legend

[@sam_bamalam]

I'm so glad he got to give them a taste of the audience choir!

[@AussieMacroPhotos]

the world is waking upto Jacob :)

[@parkbenchwarrior3366]

Waking up to the cringe

[@ArwenIsOnline]

​@@parkbenchwarrior3366 no one asked

[@vytasffbismarck7001]

@@parkbenchwarrior3366 the cringe of jealousy, the worst cringe one could pretend to have.

[@parkbenchwarrior3366]

If I was jealous I’d announce it as loud as my cringe 🤣, authentic cringe, no joke of a joke

[@NothingNowhere69420]

@@parkbenchwarrior3366 L+Ratio

[@OfficialAverageginger]

Saw him rip it at Glastonbury this year but seeing Jacob, Maddison Cunningham and Chris Thile at the Union Chapel was genuinely the best gig I’ve ever seen

[@DashingPartyCrasher]

Jacob is amazing. Started following his videos during the pandemic, and even then it was clear that he'd become world famous! 👏

[@taramatheis1451]

Jacob Collier is a truly special being who creates musical magic wherever he goes! ❤

[@lashendawest7509]

We love jennifer hudson and jacob collier

[@pekingdux3547]

I like how a percentage of his genius is being able to articulate in English in a way most people aren’t capable of anymore. And the inability to meet him on that level is part of being left speechless haha..

[@zoraarnold8482]

I hope he never stops doing audience choirs. Because even in a well lit studio on a daytime talk show, it brings me to tears. It's so beautiful to see people united like that.

[@Monklane79]

Isn't he lovely?

[@danieltitus26]

Isn't he wonderful?

[@3D1ofakind]

😂

[@oywiththepoodlesalready]

Isn’t he precious?

[@pulsar3483]

@@oywiththepoodlesalreadyMy Cherie Amour

[@LimnyuyShekina-be5tf]

I love this. This guy is a musical genius for real. All thanks to Jennifer Hudson

[@latachalexander3618]

This made my day. I love him. His sound is soo soothing! 🥰🥰

[@HerbalEssentials1]

🎉Fantastic

[@Dayna-Punky]

Would have enjoyed Jennifer be more of a musician with Jacob than a talk show host. He IS a musical genius!

[@Vocalz3]

I enjoyed this from him as well!!

[@mogglie]

Jacob don’t need this show. The show needs him. Jacob don’t need mainstream media. But. Mainstream media needs him. This dude is changing the world. 😊

[@ryanlikesdogs4171]

I love that Jacob is finally getting recognition

[@richbrass12]

I need an extension of the extended

[@adamturner8732]

Jacob doesn't sound like a musical genius... he is in fact one...

[@gbovm]

❤

[@KbIPbIL0]

EXTENDED no way

[@jas_bataille]

If Jacob was American : Interviewer : "What's your secret?" Jacob : "When I was just a little boy, I went from Carol Channing to Sylvester Stallone overnight.Then Quincy Jones signed me up!" Interviewwer : Understandable

[@srglzrmj]

Some people play musical instruments. This man plays people.

[@user-rp7ff9yw4x]

Jacob collier did stevie wonder.

[@stringvest100]

he's done loads of Stevie - his voice only version of You And I is out of this world

[@peterg5383]

there's a sweet version of jacob doing "i wish" with germany's WDR big band floating around youtube

[@rodriguestoni9247]

Bobby Mcferrin le faisait déjà il y a plus de trente ans !

[@micahanderson8903]

How tf is 5 minutes extended....

[@emmanuel.m.4987]

He looks like an English Jordi El Nino 😂

[@Piitaa_Pain]

the fact that he just sing bass, alto, tenor and soprano

[@7riXter]

Those people being amazed by someone conducting 😂🤦‍♂️

[@mariepichler2758]

Just another vampire.🐉🧛‍♂️

[@Egginamagail]

Too short. 😢

[@jan861]

Reincarnation of Beethoven, Mozart, who do you think?

[@tordana]

Jacob not trusting this audience to do all the pitch changes he usually directs, lol.

[@vytasffbismarck7001]

jacob is musicians musician, huge percentage of his audience know how to sing very well, not many can do what he does with their audiences. this is not his audience so he's smart not to risk too much

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

@@vytasffbismarck7001 yes

[@TubaTones]

They also have a time limit for these things.

[@TheKittyGirl]

my future husband

[@SUNBEAMmusic]

He sounds like a musical genius lol wtf

[@parkbenchwarrior3366]

Cringe kills

[@pyschointellectual]

Im sure Jason is a great young gun however i know the jelouse English pigs hold a lot of talent back to push ther own so i dont buy into any of them now.

[@wiggityp]

well you certainly live up to your name.

[@TubaTones]

That was a lovely word salad of nonsense.

[@pyschointellectual]

@@TubaTones ho nothing nonsense about it my words are totally true I can vouch for it 100% I smashed the JEP all over this earth 🌎

[@barbaramorris2196]

​@@pyschointellectualb

[@donalddonney1595]

She is a terrible host

[@HueyMaxSucks]

The purple facemask guy should stay at home🤣🤣

[@wiggityp]

its hilarious that she said we are having a "musician moment," like they are even remotely on the same level talent/ability wise.

[@TubaTones]

But they both are musicians and maybe 1% of the crowd are musicians. But sure, be judgemental.

[@peterg5383]

you utterly missed the point. she said that because she didn't want the audience to feel excluded while they briefly delved into musical vocabulary. i'll leave it at that.

[@admkbldwn]

I say this as a Jacob Collier fan: put some respect on Jennifer Hudson's name. she's got pipes