Jacob Collier live at the

Before the days of quarantine, our JammJam live events hosted some of the nation’s most impactful musicians for incredible nights of unfiltered, collaborative raw convergence in the round as the who’s who of the music industry enjoyed the music from the packed sidelines. Last year, the incomparable Jacob Collier took the JammJam stage with his rendition of Michael Jackson’s hit song “Human Nature” for a special night honoring the legendary Quincy Jones. Today, the performance has been made available for us to reminisce that in-person, packed house concert sensation and continuing to remind us what a brilliant and skilled artist Jacob is.
Jacob’s latest album Djesse Vol. 3 received three 2021 GRAMMY Award nominations, including Album Of The Year. He was also nominated for Best R&B Performance: "All I Need" (with Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign), and Best Arrangement, Instrumentals & Vocals: "He Won't Hold You" (Feat. Rapsody). The British musician, producer, songwriter and arranger now has a remarkable seven career GRAMMY Nominations, including four GRAMMY Award wins. Earlier this year, Collier earned two GRAMMY Awards for arrangements from his Djesse Vol. 1 and Djesse Vol. 2 albums.
At this JammJam, the event was filled wall-to-wall with music royalty such as Quincy Jones himself and Harvey Mason Jr., Recording Academy Chairman. Jacob took the stage to perform an impromptu solo version of “She’s Out of My Life,” mesmerizing everyone in the room before delivering his beautiful rendition of “Human Nature.” He then started an extended jam session that combined the international musical talents of Alfredo Rodriguez (Cuba), Munir Hossn (Brazil), Eric Zayne (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Elmo Lovano (US).
2:18 Jacob asks drummer Donald Barrett "Can you get me a back beat?" and the jam elevates
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Big thanks to our friends at Quincy Jones Productions, Spectrasonics and Greg Phillinganes for teaming up with us to make this event happen :)
Produced by Elmo Lovano, Jack Piatt, Christian Paul Meadows
Engineered by Mid-Air!
Mixed by Chandler Harrod
Filmed by Paisley Zerr, Alessandro Serradimigni, Jake Macpherson, Lorenzo Diego
Edited by Paisley Zerr
Filmed and recorded at The Live House in Hollywood, CA
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[@pulkitism]

What instrument do you play? Jacob: "The crowd"

[@daivyajadeja1820]

Pulki Pulki

[@luvhaniranenyeni8502]

lols precise

[@ponticomposer]

And Keyscape ;)

[@bigreginator]

I believe the answer to that question is simply "Yes"

[@manonearth5759]

Literally every jc live video has this comment, along with the "yes" version. Painfully unoriginal/cringy.

[@zan6585]

His vocal bass is so clear it's crazy

[@AdrianChia531]

He was a gold medalist in his grade 8 Vocals😎

[@QuincyJonesProductions]

💜

[@jammcard]

Much love Q!

[@alessandrobellucci8701]

Sei un mito zi

[@typebeats5162]

@@danmahalo man thats from 4 years ago you gotta keep putting out music and inovating your sound

[@ras_al_ghul_x2055]

@@jammcard hi there can you release an compilation album on like music streamers.. or cd even.. with songs like these some of Cory Henry, Quincy Jones etc etc that will be great

[@dedepoyer]

LEGEND! Thank you for everything Quincy!

[@lighthouseproductions3941]

Its amazing that Jacob does not try to have all attention on him, but rather loves to involve and incorporate others to enjoy the music with him. You can even tell by the way he closes with "you sounded beautiful". He is a lover of music, not a hungry for fame or attention

[@avatarofdeath]

Music is a global community language. Love it

[@fatimaWr2]

That’s what a narcissist do. Best of the best can never be a narcissist.

[@naufaladen2401]

He gets mature

[@juanf.crespo2639]

I met him in person and his humility is uncanny, spontaneous. His talent is so self evident the last thing he would use his energy on doing would be to pose, or show himself. He is an instrument to grace.

[@hithere_1967]

@@fatimaWr2 Most musicians are narcists. They perform music for applause. You get into jazz and it is a "my dick is bigger than yours" competition all the time. That is why I left the jazz scene a long time ago...there is a moment when you realize it is not about the music anymore, it is about showing off how many plates you can juggle at the same time. Having said that, Jacob has restored my faith in music, as in music can be rich and still be music.

[@lalaricky1]

What a gift it is to have this young man on the planet. Unparalelled

[@Miyajams]

💛

[@Miyajams]

💛

[@larsstougaard7097]

A true light in 2020

[@DR_RICK_MARTIAN]

Agreed

[@peteruche4916]

Oh mhen..!! This earth has more to offer....!

[@user-bv8hq8uu7h]

So that was how the events went before the quarantine

[@jammcard]

Oh yes. Hard to picture these days, but we will all be back soon, and we'll celebrate with a JammJam the moment we can!

[@jh491]

Back in the before time...

[@FearLessPower]

His musicianship has inspired a whole generation of youth to play instruments. Thank you

[@maxxkarma]

I always wondered what it would be like to live in the past and experience the rise of Bach or Mozart. This is the time and the name is Collier.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Agree, what a gift 🤗🎁

[@devhelen5895]

Indeed Indeed Indeed. The man is otherworldly.

[@sterlingmillhollon2520]

Truer words have not been spoken.

[@carnivaltym]

He may have the best ear since Mozart!

[@tomhorrid]

Scat-singing a Michael Jackson cover is not Mozart

[@polter5195]

When it comes to Jacob, the world is his band. We're fortunate to have him.

[@Moose808]

Respect to everyone that doesn't have their phone out for this

[@sirbanjorochambeaux]

I hope this dude doesn't get corrupted by the game. Much love to Jacob and Sir Quincy.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

Quincy is with him so that answers the corruption aspect

[@Khumzwi]

He's a 4time Grammy award winner. 2 in 2017, another 2 I think 2020. He seems more with every year that passes by. But I hear you.

[@Eam0ndo]

I would say jacob is a student of quincy that our generation needs

[@Apex_grind562]

I was worried talent was fading In music. This kid is a messiah for music. Amazing to know there are still artists who could jam! Refreshing.

[@estebanb7166]

Name some classic songs he's made?

[@renanalcantara8856]

Talent in music has never faded. It's just talent is not part of the business anymore. It's not about that anymore. It's about looks, sexuality, views, and the false sense of greatness in overproduced music videos. Where would this guy fit in that scenario?

[@kobsy7074]

@@estebanb7166 you don't have to make songs to be an excellent figure in the music world

[@estebanb7166]

@@kobsy7074 Ok

[@pillowwood]

it wasn't fading jacob is just hoarding all of it

[@KentoSky]

Jacob's favorite instrument is the human voice and I am totally on that as a beatboxer.

[@dreammix9430]

I love the way he uses the audience as part of his band and performance! It spawned him with everyone in the room

[@jacobabel92]

Beatboxing should be banned.

[@KentoSky]

@@jacobabel92 check out Tom Thum

[@jacobabel92]

@@KentoSky I don't get why you would want to listen to a guy imitating other instruments. It's impressive but useless.

[@KentoSky]

@@jacobabel92 It's fun to be able to demonstrate the rhythm you want on the fly without instruments.

[@vitodigiovanni]

I love how Eric Persing, the guy that literally created Keyscape is tweaking his Rhodes patch for him as he’s playing it!

[@DrBackBeat]

I know right! I saw a dude mess with the macbook and I thought 'what punk a$$ has the audacity to touch........oh right...'

[@awilson-w5316]

This what happens when you have too many cool people in the room, they were missing out. Jacob is a treasure 🤙🏿🙌🏿

[@soulcentral2462]

100%, just watched the 1st 3 minutes of this and this has to be the worse crowd i have ever seen at a JC gig. Too cool for school and these sad people are totally missing the point about what music is all about. Just go home lol

[@Krisselbee]

@@soulcentral2462 Why cant they have it any way they like? I know it can be hard to play to a crowd that don't react the way we want it, still it is not their responsibility to please us as we don't have to please them. As long as they don't do anything that will disturb the concert they have a right to be there and it is worth appreciating that they gave their time, attention and money to hear the music.

[@_cosully]

Fun fact: 4:55 the drummer drops his stick and his reaction is priceless, anyways he keeps the goddamn groove moving

[@Drummer1000George]

It's almost like he chose to replace the stick.

[@xingyuyaomt-bc6592]

Good catch haha!

[@chewilliams8631]

Eric persing is standing right behind him singing his heart out. Thats crazy. Eric created the most iconic sounds for roland and made omnisphere. And jacobs using keyscape. Another one of Eric's products.

[@luissierra3194]

Someone else had some heavy goosebumps listening to this?

[@lucasveranos1985]

Love how he always involves his audiences. Music is such a universal language and seeing everyone just start jamming with him was beautiful. Great dude with an unparalleled passion for music.

[@A_A_K_123]

Jacob Collier is next level genius.

[@phly23]

Eric Persing standing behind like a proud poppa grinning from ear to ear at 6:01 with Jacob killing it on keyscape

[@FrantzesElzaurdia]

The omnisphere guy is right beind jacob to the left lol

[@johnmartin1312]

Yep. Eric Persing. And Jacob is playing Keyscape. :)

[@miltonbraggs3800]

LOL that spectrasonics guy is everywhere!!

[@lifescansdarkly]

That's Eric Persing, before Spectrasonics he designed the preset sounds for the Roland D-50 and JD800 among others, so he's kind of a legend in synth circles. If you've heard a pop/R&B song from anywhere between 1986 and 1995 it's likely you've heard some of his sounds.

[@virenderguitarist]

Michael Jackson's style totally instruments and vocals

[@arturoargumedo1359]

Hell of a drummer! Beast at the feeling and understandment of Jacob's genius! Cheers to him!

[@sadibeats]

If u gather all the best musicians in the world in one single guy, u get Jacob!

[@SeanFenlon]

Quincy Jones LOVES this video... with a purple heart :-)

[@mathieupe666]

Is it me or the drummer did not up a semi-tone?

[@jonathanfurtado7611]

Underrated comment

[@johanponin1360]

maybe he shifted up a microsecond

[@bardarians]

I think he's slightly off a semi

[@gcavy1]

in his defense, his IEMs weren't in...

[@InTheMixReviews]

If you didn't understand this comment, go to 4:42 ...

[@edomhz_]

I think this guy is a revelation of our time 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@m.a.g.3920]

One of a few

[@GeorgeZaharia]

and this is what you get when you combine a man with something he loves and dedicates himself to .. as many others before him amazing... i can't wait to see what jacob will become in future, he already got a grammy at a fairly young age this dude is killing it already

[@guitarvocs]

It happened with Snarky Puppy. It happened with the later chapters of David Crosby's career. And now it's happening with Jacob Collier. An artist I barely knew about turns out to have a treasure trove of delightful music that I get to hear for the first time. In the last couple days I've seen the one in London, the MIT special, the trio with a female artist and John Mayer, and now this. Life is good. If music is magic, Jacob Collier is a Gandalf-class wizard.

[@brianpeters1116]

This is me too. Same journey.

[@morinconseil]

So beautiful to see Quincy Jones and one of his great successors Jacob Collier!

[@jayclarke5466]

Don’t think Quincy could play like Jacob

[@feronmeadekunle4602]

You know it’s a good video when you unconsciously like it before even watching

[@iamtheiv1]

When a musical GENIUS says sing. You better fucking sing💪🏾

[@AndreyAtapin]

The visitors of Jacob's performances must present a BCM diploma on entrance

[@kirjian]

He hit us with the quintuplets at the end there, of course

[@SingerUnkn0wn]

Jacob really brings everyone together.

[@Penguin-Goat]

People energised at ‘why, why’ part, and that’s really a human nature

[@callummoodley6311]

I wonder how many other performances are in the vault waiting to be released

[@vitushka01]

Thank God for Jacob Collier💆🏽‍♀️

[@judycastle5318]

Hard to find the right words to describe this kind of innovative genius!

[@jammcard]

He's one of the greatest in the world!

[@stevemcgovern2365]

Even a crowd of musicians cant grasp the supreme musical genius that is Jacob Collier

[@johnnyleebryan9496]

I was not expecting to cry when I clicked on this video

[@jammcard]

2:18 Donald Barrett comes in with that deep pocket! 🥁

[@modelcitizen1977]

Probably the most talented musician on the planet, and he’s only going to get better and influence more people in the coming decades. The prodigy that stands on his shoulders 30 years from now will be unbelievable.

[@jenkinomusic]

HE DID THIS SONG IN TOKYO YESTERDAY! It was beyond amazing.

[@Greg-fs2rh]

I love everything about Jacob Collier and it is no wonder THE master, Quincy Jones noticed this amazing young artist.

[@Abduhrabbani]

remind me of bobby mcferrin. two of my fav artist!

[@beabeauty]

This is like watching a painter make a painting with sounds! He’s incredibly talented with his art of music production:)

[@martinoporto8676]

You are not able to measure how lucky you are to have Jacob Collier around and enjoy these wonderful encounters. I have to settle for listening to his music because I live in Argentina and, although he has already come twice, I am from a city very far from the capital and I could never afford that luxury. Enjoy it, we are contemporaries of a future music hero.

[@BillyGates1721]

So wonderful, finally I have a name for what i was dreaming of for years: JammJam, involving the listeners, the audience to become a part of the musicians not only with some hand-clapping but with really joyning the music becoming a part of of the music. I'm touched to tears to see Jacob is doing this.

[@thovenpixel3740]

I get chills every time i watch JC singing with the crowd

[@altonweaver7757]

Another Quincy Jones discovery. Only the “Q”!!

[@MorfMusic]

shame to see the amount of faces too concerned about what others think to just get involved. Props to Jacob for throwing passion and not self obsession into the music industry

[@hithere_1967]

Besides the amazing (dare I say, other-worldly) musicality of this young man, it is a joy to see how (one) he brings his audience into his music, and (two) he does not have that I'm-something-special-but-you-aren't attitude that a lot of musicians have. The boy is a genius and yet he is simply happy to be doing what he is doing. The harmonies are soaring, yet at no time we feel anything even close to "let me show you how amazing I am".

[@alexbougiemusic]

Amazing!!! It’s so lame to see the crowd look at their phones rather than live the experience they are missing.

[@tobybaker5187]

Modern people are idiots.

[@hillel-z1415]

This is simply watching genius happening in front of your very eyes. AMAZING!

[@martincensored2983]

Q's happy, we're happy. Jacob's a treasure man

[@nanlev613]

I love that approach, because to be honest, I can’t sit and listen to music I have to engage with it and for me that means singing along. Excellent!

[@jorgelavin]

wow, I discover Jacob today and his shows are truly mesmerizing!!! can't stop watching!

[@CalebOlshefsky]

Haha love the spectrasonic founder just playing with keyscape in the background.

[@christopherroa9781]

This is such an amazing song to perform live, everybody in the crowd feeling it on this one!

[@ras_al_ghul_x2055]

Credits to MJ

[@Charles.Wright]

@@ras_al_ghul_x2055 - Macob Jollier?

[@ras_al_ghul_x2055]

@@Charles.Wright whos that?

[@wero5483]

"Up a semi-tone!" lol

[@bloopbloopyeet4648]

I watch this at least once a week

[@robharris8844U]

Another great talent out of music island - UK🇬🇧✌

[@BrianPotterProductions]

I would LOOOOOOOOVE to see Jacob Collier with Bobby Mcferrin. The universe would implode and rejoice at the same time.

[@jayclarke5466]

Jacob def borrowed some of Bobby svocal crowd tricks

[@meredithheath5272]

What joy he brings to audience members by including them in the sing along!!

[@vannanalabomba]

Ugh. I fuckin cried during this twice. What did we do to deserve such a beautiful musician?

[@dhyeypatel5537]

This oddly feels like an anime where Jacob is the protagonist

[@mdlindsey]

If we can ever download people's minds, Jacob is first on my list; brilliant

[@bryansu7197]

Like bobby mcferrin live

[@nimblejack]

Mic EQ is excellent

[@TheDanSebastian]

Testament to the true human nature: love!!!! so amazing to see all this beautiful people dancing and singing with this genius shining light! Amen.

[@AndayaChristian]

This gives me chills. Freakin awesome

[@davyglelekakai3929]

C'est un prodige ce personnage. Une justesse et une agilité sans pareille dans ses notes.

[@TheRaissarenee]

i never get the crowds in these videos , i would be sooo geeked to witness such talent in this type of setting. \

[@mtutuzelisishuba3172]

Jacob collier is just music and sound crazy.... Much love from South Africa

[@WILLIFM.]

4:30 lol the keyscape guy adjusting the direct/mechanical mix while jacob's playing

[@BrazenNL]

I noticed Eric Persing, too! He's having the time of his life, seeing his baby used by one of the greats of our time.

[@abbasdaif3490]

Yeah Keyscape Gang !

[@andreifelea7205]

Cant stop tears..........MJ ... This man is divine

[@davexxx5175]

This guy is incredible! Amazing! Every time I find something where Jacob is and I listen to him I’m always amazed by his great talent!

[@felicialally5703]

For all of his aptitude and genius, it would seem that one of Jacob's greatest pleasures is to make music as accessible, collaborative and as non-elitist as possible. Thank you God for this man, his talent, and more importantly his heart.

[@Opelawal]

and he's using keyscape,wow amazing

[@_____7704]

2:13 - Oooh I like that Quincy says

[@christopherbee7223]

Yes I love to have that Steve Porcaro Tune in my Life. And Jacob as ever...Genius

[@Xolin11]

this is such a timely video. you can feel the 2020 anxiety in the room even with the legacy-passing music being performed.

[@totokaura9166]

The greatest musician ever!!!

[@Daniel.Swartele]

This guy is music itself

[@chitrumbo112]

This is just pure JOY.

[@jammcard]

Makes us all smile :)

[@joyjulksjazz]

His piano chords are always so so dope, and runs, riffs and rhythms so 🔥the audience was probably too much in awe to sing!

[@dougoneill7266]

Phones. the bane of modern musical performance

[@pixelice2345]

I live for these moments.

[@cathyrackowski2824]

When you start singing along with the harmonies you know you’re listening to Jacob Collier.

[@fionakielyk]

Got to see him live 2 nights ago. Best gig I've been to. Discovered him just last year and honestly he has changed my life and relationship to music.

[@sitoruspatrick4588]

eargasm as always HAHAH

[@bc5127]

Talented in so many fields👏 Truly gifted young man. Refreshing to have such an artist 🙏💙 Bernadette. U.K

[@jackamarno1201]

Jacob is always teaching me the joys of music.

[@JungleYT]

*Woww... Devastating on the keyboards! One of the greatest performances I've seen in a long time*

[@jammcard]

Jacob is amazing

[@sixstringscoder8412]

Loved seeing Eric Persing in the back right next to his awesome Keyscape!

[@pxman1946]

Fiddling with the mac half way through lol...

[@finnsunflower606]

Im cryin what the heck!!!! Why you're so talented brother.

[@honsebingus6426]

If fans of Jacob were in the same room the vocals would be very different