Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier (* 2. August 1994 in London as Jacob Moriarty ) is an English singer, arranger , composer and multi-instrumentalist . In 2011, his self-produced videos with covers of successful pop songs, such as B. Stevie Wonders Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing on YouTube attention.
Collier's style is characterized by the mixing of various elements from jazz , a cappella , groove , folk , trip-hop , classical music , gospel and soul with improvisation . In 2014 he was discovered by Quincy Jones and signed by his production company and began developing his "Live Performance Vehicle" for his performances at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . On July 1, 2016, he made his debut with the Membran Entertainment Group label with his album In My Room , on which he sings every voice and plays every instrument himself.
life and career
Collier grew up in north London with two sisters with his mother. Music has always been part of his life and that of his family. His mother, Susan Collier, is a music teacher, violinist, and conductor at the Royal Academy of Music . Her father, Derek Collier, was also a violinist teaching at the Royal Academy of Music who performed with orchestras around the world. Jacob Collier says he loves to sing Bach choirs with his family .
As a child, Collier was also a film actor. He played little Tim in the film adaptation of the musical A Christmas Carol . At the same time he immersed himself in classical music and gained experience as a boy soprano, e.g. B. as one of the three boys in Mozart's Magic Flute and as "Miles" in Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw ; Britten greatly influenced Collier's understanding and application of harmony . In 2008, Collier received the gold medal of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) for having achieved the highest grade nationwide in "Grade 8 Singing", a singing and hearing test.
In 2011, Collier began producing self-made multi-instrumental music videos in his room and uploading them to YouTube. With his version of Stevie Wonders Isn't She Lovely , but at the latest with the cover of Pure Imagination from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , he made the breakthrough. In 2013, his performance of Stevie Wonders Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing cemented his reputation as one of the most promising emerging talents in jazz music.
2014-2015
At that time, Ben Bloomberg, a student at took the MIT Media Lab through Facebook contact Collier, because he wanted to develop his musical hardware and software equipment for live performances. In the following months, the two created a live show that presented the fascination of Collier's YouTube videos in multimedia.
With the help of Louis Mustill and William Young from the Artists and Engineers agency , Collier's live show was completed and he began touring Europe and the United States. The technically complex show is marked by loops ( loops ), which are set by different instruments by Collier in a semicircle around him started (Live Looping); multi-instrumental loops are coupled with 3D real-time video loops to create an audiovisual experience. A characteristic part of the show is a "vocal harmonizer" designed and built by Bloomberg and Collier.
“I've been able to breathe some life into some pretty insane ideas. [This includes] the invention of my harmonizer at MIT in Boston, which is an instrument which allows me to create multi-vocal harmonies of up to 12 notes, on the spot. "
“I was able to breathe life into some pretty crazy ideas. [Including] the invention of my harmonizer at MIT in Boston, an instrument that allows me to create vocal harmonies with up to twelve voices on site. "
For the first time Collier performed his show at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London. A few weeks later he initiated the appearance of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea at the 2015 Montreux Jazz Festival .
2015-2018
In July 2015, Beats Electronics , the audio technology company of Dr. Dre , to Collier to have him create the music for The Game Starts Here , the campaign for the Rugby Union World Cup in England. Collier recorded an a cappella version of the popular hymn Jerusalem for the commercial that aired on British television before each match.
At the end of 2015, Collier began working on his debut album In My Room . In the same style as in his YouTube videos, it was arranged, recorded and produced entirely by himself. Each instrument was played by himself, and he wrote eight of the eleven pieces himself. The album was recorded and mixed within three months. Again, the recording location was the music room in his parents' home in London, hence the title In My Room . In a radio interview with Front Row Live , a program on BBC Radio 4 , he explained the choice of location:
“This album is representative of how I've made music up until this point, in that room… I probably won't have that world forever in this way, so I wanted to make sure I crystallized for myself how it felt to be there . ”
“This album is a representation of how I still make music to this day, in this room… This world will probably not be available to me forever like this; that's why I didn't want to miss out on giving it a form for myself, what it was like to be in there. "
His album was released on July 1, 2016 and was distributed worldwide by the Membran Entertainment Group label . After the release, Collier went on a world tour with his show, which includes music from his album as well as his YouTube videos.
In the run-up to the publication of In My Room , Collier started the #IHarmU campaign with the help of Patreon , a crowdfunding website for creative professionals: Patreon sends him short music video clips, some of which he harmonizes and accompanies, partly purely a cappella , partly with complex instrumentation . The resulting videos are uploaded to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram . The campaign has greatly increased its following on social media. Well-known sponsors are the British jazz musician Jamie Cullum , Ben Folds and Kevin Olusola from the a cappella band Pentatonix , for whom he arranged the title White Christmas on their current album. Pentatonix worked with The Manhattan Transfer on this title .
On August 22, 2016, Collier took part in a concert in honor of Quincy Jones at the Royal Albert Hall in London at the BBC Proms , where he, arranged by himself, performed his In The Real Early Morning with the Metropole Orkest among other songs presented. On July 19, 2018 he performed with other musicians in his own BBC Proms "Jacob Collier & Friends" in the Royal Albert Hall.
Discography
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- In My Room (2016)
- Djesse Vol. 1 (2018)
- Djesse Vol. 2 (2019)
- Djesse Vol. 3 (2020)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Award Awards
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2017 :
- Best instrumental or a cappella arrangement: You and I
- Best arrangement of instruments and vocals: Flintstones
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2020 :
- Best instrumental or a cappella arrangement: Moon River
- Best arrangement of instruments and vocals: All Night Long
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jacob Collier review - jazz's new messiah. In: theguardian.com . Retrieved December 21, 2016
- ↑ A genius in the land of unlimited possibilities. In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . Retrieved December 21, 2016
- ↑ JACOB COLLIER - membrane. Retrieved February 26, 2020 (American English).
- ^ A b Jacob Collier - the vocalist / multi-instrumentalist YouTube sensation. In: jazzwisemagazine.com . Retrieved December 22, 2016
- ↑ “Hausmusik und Herbie Hancock”. Accessed December 24, 2016
- ↑ Jacob Moriarty in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ^ Jacob Collier - Encore. In: joinencore.com . Retrieved December 23, 2016
- ^ Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg Turn to DPA Microphones to Record Live Stage Shows. In: audioxpress.com . Retrieved December 23, 2016
- ↑ Quincy Jones presents the future of music with Jacob Collier and Justin Kauflin at Ronnie Scott's. In: jazzwisemagazine.com . Retrieved December 23, 2016
- ↑ Cf. en: Front Row (radio) in the English Wikipedia
- ↑ Jacob Collier's #IHarmU Vol. 1 and Jacob Collier's #IHarmU vol. 2. Accessed December 24, 2016
- ^ Jacob Collier: BBC Proms: Jacob Collier & Friends. July 31, 2018, accessed August 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Prom 7: Jacob Collier and Friends. Retrieved August 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Switzerland
- ↑ 59th Grammy Winners: Jacob Collier. In: grammy.com . Retrieved February 14, 2017
- ^ Jacob Collier | Artist | Grammy In: grammy.com . Retrieved January 26, 2020
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Collier, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer, arranger, composer and multi-instrumentalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |