This is of course totally awesome, but shame on you BBC for not crediting the other musicians! This is not a pop session where the star of the show gets all the credit and everyone else gets totally ignored as if they contributed nothing. James Maddren on drums and Robin Mullarkey on bass - phenomenal playing from all 3, great job guys! UPDATE: they edited the description after I posted this comment and now they all get credit. Hooray!
Almost ten years later this is still my favourite JC video. Amazing interplay, sparse arrangement and off the charts musicality from everyone involved.
I came here for Jacob and stayed (and have returned countless times) for the rhythm section. Or rather, for the amazing interplay between these three great musicians. I love the 70's Hancock-esque flavour of this jam. Hats off to everyone involved.
Postmodern Musical Sophist yeah but even Jacob has said in his masterclass at Berklee that he doesn't really "get" music theory, which is a bit contradicting to his interview with june lee lol
@postmodern Musical Sophist i think he had a pretty creative upbringing. in my experience I've been ok with music without theory so far, but as soon as you want to communicate what you play to someone its so hard without knowing theory. Rather it'd be super fast to tell someone a chord with understanding theory while its harder to tell someone "ok the fifth field on the A string,third on G and so on". In my opinion theory might put frames for you to play on, and its always easy to play in a frame, but its on you to go out of those frames and combine them into your own frame for the picture you paint with your music.
This is the entire point of Jazz and exploration, that dates to the original explorations of great soloists playing "standards", by exploring pop tunes of the day, through reharmonization and improvisation and exploring the possibilities a given piece offered. Jacob seems to be taking it to a new and inspiring level, combining technology, his vocal arrangement sensibilities and a really nice new voice on piano. I am excited to see what he does next and that is refreshing to me as most modern music has gotten so predictable and boring and with this young man you don't what is next and that is awesome!
You said it, it's the element of surprise that Jacob realizes is so effective about music. I mean to even appreciate and notice that takes a certain amount of listening experience of all sorts of music over time. What I like is that no matter where the harmony, (and rhythm) goes, the music is always accessible in one form or another, like, there are pianists that can play extremely dissonant atonal music, and yes, the harmony's complex but is it accessible? Not really. I just gotta give it up for Jacob's musical balls for not caring what the "elitists" think and just doing what he wants with his arrangements.
@@ohwhen7775 A great example of his musical philosophy can be found on the clip from his concert at USA where he is interviewed between pieces. It is well-worth giving listen to.
This cat rewrites the book on re-harmonization!!!!! Has incredible musical insight, an outstanding jazz/rock/funk/fusion feel and obviously surrounds himself with only the best talent when it comes to bass players and drummers. Makes me smile to know that someone is taking such a fresh approach to music performance. OUTSTANDING!
I’m just hearing this for the first time. I am literally in a state of shock. The rhythm section is out of their minds! 😳 Rob Mullarkey: Bass James Maddren: Drums
Rob Mullarkey is the heart and soul behind the group Brothery who released one of my favourite albums 'One Sweet Life' which is a must listen for any jazz musician.
Shame on BBC for not crediting the wonderfull Bass Player and Drummer. (And also not showing them more during the song) Thanks to James Maddren on drums and Robin Mullarkey on bass
The more I listen to this the more I like it The first time I heard it I really didn’t like it but then I found myself humming it all the time Then I had to come back and listen to it again so here I am, having listened to this at least a hundred times
Anthony Cruz I feel like I’ve snuck into a circus run by some wildly advanced species- discovering this kid on Christmas Eve has done more for chasing my blues away than I thought possible...
The joy and musicianship is both astounding and unique. Anyone that refuses to acknowledge this is either deaf or has no appreciation for raw genuine talent. For gods sake, embrace him, Jacob is everything we all loved about jazz in the first place.
I work with kids, and when I watch Collier I see the same joy and thrill of creating that I witness when I watch a bright, focused child step into a sandbox, or play with water, ride on a swing...It's totally effortless and no awareness of onlookers. There is no judgment of self, just discovery. This is so very rare to see in an adult and I can't get enough of it!
5:38 'the riff' rears it's funky wee head amongst other brilliantly balanced textures, runs , colours and melodic lines . Extra mention to the bass player - just glides through it all - wow
I listen to this every couple months since it was posted and I am only just now hearing jacob play all the notes and rhythms of "the lick" except the last near the middle solo. Good luck finding it
Jacob is an expert in making a riff that tells a story and then make another story over it with repetitions of the riff in other forms. The riff of the three solos he play is the same one, its awesome how he started the second solo. He really makes me sswwuuuaaghhhhyeh
I kinda feel like this wasn’t really rehearsed, maybe just felt out a couple times before, but they’re all so absolutely incredible that the telepathy is flowing.
While this is true, Collier goes way beyond jazz (a genre I love) to places music has never gone before. He is destroying the demarcation lines between genres.
@@nilegaming7243 This age great in musical terms. And Covid only killing that amount of people in fact is impresive for humanity, in other times Covid could kill 200 times more people.
2020... I'm from the Beatles generation and remember well this song when it came out. Jacob's much more complex harmonies and arrangement only enhance the original, giving the song a lot more emotional depth- it is a very poignant and evocative composition. Jacob's arrangements are often more like a movie soundtrack than a pop song. Love it, only a real genius could pull this off, and yes, great backing musicians!
astonishingly good! Wonderful and fresh take, Great playing by everyone but Jacob is a major force to be reckoned with and deserves major label interest.
I can t agree more with those who mentioned the high quality of the basist and the drummer. Both neither mentioned nor credited but indeed, as good as collier. Jacob is definitely outstanding. His improvisation on the piano is superb. But again, highligted by the perfect touch of his fellow musicians. Food for the soul. Thank you guys!
Hancock/ Wonder. Technically superb. Not sure the spirit of Eleanor Rigby, all the sadness, is still captured. Huge mention to the rythm section. That is a very professional way of supporting and enhancing a soloist work. Positively impressed.
I guess Jacob Collier is living proof that some people really do have super powers. I could be wrong, but I believe he accidentally fell into a vat of radioactive chemicals while listening to Beethoven as a child. Explains everything.
Actually Jacob is an archangel on sabbatical from the mansions of the celestial realm. Being an angelic spirit he is, of course, a terrifically nice person. That's why everyone loves him to bits.
Dammit Jammes Maddren! you've done it again you killing cat! :) Also a fantastic performance from Robin Mullarkey. And Jacob Collier....well it goes without saying :) he's brilliant
Thank you for this, +Adam Spiers. I actually found my way to this video while exploring Rob Mullarkey's playing and have been unable to find out who the stunning drummer is. Thanks again, and I agree that they should have been credited in the first place...beside the fact that the rhythm section's performance here is completely stunning, proper credit is only proper.
Unbuhlievable!!! Keyboards far surpassed the origininal!! Had the Beatles only knew where this piece could possibly go...we would never have recognized the original. Love the Beatles...but this guy is miles beyond.
I guess his 2016 harmoniser gettin better since I heard the MIT guys built the whole music technology, specially designed just for him #geniusesforgenius #fulldedication
How could anyone dislike the ethereal, mantained jazzy 7th chords at the each of the first sentence of each part? Jazz came way before The Beatles. Jazz is a tentacle of classical music. This is a vital reconstruction of the center of the groove. This is unpeeling the translucid banana. Jazz chords are true greatness, keep the contrary to yourselves
This is of course totally awesome, but shame on you BBC for not crediting the other musicians! This is not a pop session where the star of the show gets all the credit and everyone else gets totally ignored as if they contributed nothing. James Maddren on drums and Robin Mullarkey on bass - phenomenal playing from all 3, great job guys! UPDATE: they edited the description after I posted this comment and now they all get credit. Hooray!
+Adam Spiers Thanks Adam. I know right!!
+Robin Mullarkey you got the mad skills, yo...really enjoyed the session. Huzzah!
+Robin Mullarkey amazing playing man, really just spot on. The grooving was phenomenal!
+Adam Spiers Good on you Adam! Awesome performance by all three. Mind-blowing stuff.
+Adam Spiers but still, isn't this program "introducing" Jacob in particular?
Almost ten years later this is still my favourite JC video. Amazing interplay, sparse arrangement and off the charts musicality from everyone involved.
I came here for Jacob and stayed (and have returned countless times) for the rhythm section. Or rather, for the amazing interplay between these three great musicians. I love the 70's Hancock-esque flavour of this jam. Hats off to everyone involved.
Bassist a MONSTER!
Always the unsung heroes )
Si Lorenzo grande bassista veramente ... ma interpretazione geniale di questo classico ...
hes on tour with Jacob rn I saw them last week hes a g o d
That's alotta malarkey!!
No, No, NO!!! - He's a man called Robin Mullarkey. ???
There are some people that say that learning music theory will destroy their creativity, then there's jacob collier hahaha
Postmodern Musical Sophist yeah but even Jacob has said in his masterclass at Berklee that he doesn't really "get" music theory, which is a bit contradicting to his interview with june lee lol
@postmodern Musical Sophist i think he had a pretty creative upbringing. in my experience I've been ok with music without theory so far, but as soon as you want to communicate what you play to someone its so hard without knowing theory. Rather it'd be super fast to tell someone a chord with understanding theory while its harder to tell someone "ok the fifth field on the A string,third on G and so on".
In my opinion theory might put frames for you to play on, and its always easy to play in a frame, but its on you to go out of those frames and combine them into your own frame for the picture you paint with your music.
sanjinans exactly. Theory should be used mostly to explain the music not to make it (but maybe to some extent)
@@sanjinans As they say, you gotta know the rules to break the rules.
That's nonsense. Music theory gives you more tools to use. If you can't use them creatively, you're not as creative as you thought to begin with
This is the entire point of Jazz and exploration, that dates to the original explorations of great soloists playing "standards", by exploring pop tunes of the day, through reharmonization and improvisation and exploring the possibilities a given piece offered.
Jacob seems to be taking it to a new and inspiring level, combining technology, his vocal arrangement sensibilities and a really nice new voice on piano. I am excited to see what he does next and that is refreshing to me as most modern music has gotten so predictable and boring and with this young man you don't what is next and that is awesome!
You said it, it's the element of surprise that Jacob realizes is so effective about music. I mean to even appreciate and notice that takes a certain amount of listening experience of all sorts of music over time. What I like is that no matter where the harmony, (and rhythm) goes, the music is always accessible in one form or another, like, there are pianists that can play extremely dissonant atonal music, and yes, the harmony's complex but is it accessible? Not really. I just gotta give it up for Jacob's musical balls for not caring what the "elitists" think and just doing what he wants with his arrangements.
@@ohwhen7775 A great example of his musical philosophy can be found on the clip from his concert at USA where he is interviewed between pieces. It is well-worth giving listen to.
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That snare sound is just amazing.
Just like the whole set! Superb.
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Superb rhythm section!!! Bravo. Nice to hear him interacting with other players outside his one man band thing. What a talent.
This cat rewrites the book on re-harmonization!!!!! Has incredible musical insight, an outstanding jazz/rock/funk/fusion feel and obviously surrounds himself with only the best talent when it comes to bass players and drummers. Makes me smile to know that someone is taking such a fresh approach to music performance. OUTSTANDING!
The bass.... killer playing
Man, what a bassist. And Jacob, what a talent and what good taste. Every bit feels incredible.
5:37 The lick
eobrandon I noticed that too
You've seen that video also??!!
It's at 4:10 as well
Some many licks all over
shoot im late
I’m just hearing this for the first time. I am literally in a state of shock.
The rhythm section is out of their minds! 😳
Rob Mullarkey: Bass
James Maddren: Drums
5:38 he just couldn't resist throwing in the L I C C
He avoided it like a hot potato
Rob Mullarkey is the heart and soul behind the group Brothery who released one of my favourite albums 'One Sweet Life' which is a must listen for any jazz musician.
Shame on BBC for not crediting the wonderfull Bass Player and Drummer. (And also not showing them more during the song)
Thanks to James Maddren on drums and Robin Mullarkey on bass
I revisit this video often for that reason.. superb bass and drums !
It's in the video description, though.
they did now chill out Pierre
Shut the fuck up, moron.
Y'all need to chill, they didn't credit them, and then they edited the caption to include credits
Brilliant Funk-Jazz.... couldn't be better....love it.
The more I listen to this the more I like it
The first time I heard it I really didn’t like it but then I found myself humming it all the time
Then I had to come back and listen to it again so here I am, having listened to this at least a hundred times
It's weird witnessing a legend in real time.
Anthony Cruz I feel
Honestly
Anthony Cruz I feel like I’ve snuck into a circus run by some wildly advanced species- discovering this kid on Christmas Eve has done more for chasing my blues away than I thought possible...
Never thought of it that way but yeah!
He sucks
This guy has more musical ideas in one song than many of us get in a lifetime! Great performances by all the band...
First time hearing Jacob in full-on jazz mode!…..Outstanding!
The joy and musicianship is both astounding and unique. Anyone that refuses to acknowledge this is either deaf or has no appreciation for raw genuine talent. For gods sake, embrace him, Jacob is everything we all loved about jazz in the first place.
AMEN!!!!!!
I work with kids, and when I watch Collier I see the same joy and thrill of creating that I witness when I watch a bright, focused child step into a sandbox, or play with water, ride on a swing...It's totally effortless and no awareness of onlookers. There is no judgment of self, just discovery. This is so very rare to see in an adult and I can't get enough of it!
5:38 'the riff' rears it's funky wee head amongst other brilliantly balanced textures, runs , colours and melodic lines . Extra mention to the bass player - just glides through it all - wow
I especially like hearing Jacob in this context. The rhythm section is deep in the pocket and it really allows him to spread improv wings.
Holy hell. I could listen to this all day! Killing it once again Collier!
The guy has the guts to make a version of this song that not cut short the classic one. I am sure sir Paul can appreciate this too. Respect! 🎶🎵
wonderful - Maddren drums and Mullarkey bass and Jacob’s piano/voice, what more could one want
I come back to this video from time to time for this awesome rhythm section.
so great to see him in a trio setting!
I listen to this every couple months since it was posted and I am only just now hearing jacob play all the notes and rhythms of "the lick" except the last near the middle solo. Good luck finding it
*IN-CRED-I-BLE.... as usual from this prodigy genius... and his fellow cohorts are just phenomenal... bravo*
Unbelievable. 10 stars!!!! Just saw him at NAMM today, and I am now a BIG fan!
Way to go, Jacob.
A one-man game changer. Harmonies unique to the core.
The bass player is the unsung hero of this song
James Maddren on drums and Robin Mullarkey on bass - great playing from all 3, great job guys!....
💗
Great flow and evolution for such a young age! Tremendous groove!
Mindblowing! All three of them.
This.. this is the jazziest jazz that’s ever jazzed! It’s gone and jazzed on everything!
Awesome piece!! for some reason the bass impacted me in a way not expected. Brilliant!
A phenomenal talent. Hope to see much more from Jacob.
Robin and James are exceptional.
While Collier is a musical luminary, it was the bass performance that stood out.
Rob is inspired by Jacob and vice versa. No one standing out...
Absolutely brilliant! This is the music Apple should be playing on their world radio.
Jacob is an expert in making a riff that tells a story and then make another story over it with repetitions of the riff in other forms. The riff of the three solos he play is the same one, its awesome how he started the second solo. He really makes me sswwuuuaaghhhhyeh
I kinda feel like this wasn’t really rehearsed, maybe just felt out a couple times before, but they’re all so absolutely incredible that the telepathy is flowing.
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Stupendous music and musicians - Jacob Collier has a HUGE future ahead of him in Jazz. WHEW!
That bass player is seriously groovy.
Check Rob out when he was playing in/for Zero 7
Check Rob out when he was playing in/for Zero 7
wow ! i can't stop listening to your music
dream band:
Jacob Collier - piano
Chris Dave - drums
Tim Stewart - guitar
Pino Palladino - bass
sick!
+Thomas Cordell Its an obscure recording by jimjam but i think it's some of Pino's best playing.
+Yasmin Boyer Which recording do you speak of?
+Thomas Cordell Hi sir. It's Robin Mullarkey on bass.
+Thomas Cordell I can understand your "dream", but man, this band is already spot-on. Perfect musicianship right here.
Hope Sir McCartney will see this one day
Close my eyes and this could've been the stevie wonder band of the 'classic' period. Electro-funky-jazzzzzz. It's a lost art form; it's a revival.
+Tracy Smith understandably, that's my point
While this is true, Collier goes way beyond jazz (a genre I love) to places music has never gone before. He is destroying the demarcation lines between genres.
3:25 My phone is vibrating from this sound, I love it ❤️ What a great take, kudos to all the musicians here!
phenomenal!!!!!!!
Oh the future is bright
Oh yeah, very bright indeed
Yeah no
this did not age well at all
@@nilegaming7243 This age great in musical terms. And Covid only killing that amount of people in fact is impresive for humanity, in other times Covid could kill 200 times more people.
@@OsvaldoBayerista fair point
2020... I'm from the Beatles generation and remember well this song when it came out. Jacob's much more complex harmonies and arrangement only enhance the original, giving the song a lot more emotional depth- it is a very poignant and evocative composition. Jacob's arrangements are often more like a movie soundtrack than a pop song. Love it, only a real genius could pull this off, and yes, great backing musicians!
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Jacob, you are awesome - keep on rocking!
astonishingly good! Wonderful and fresh take, Great playing by everyone but Jacob is a major force to be reckoned with and deserves major label interest.
+Alan McPike I am sure he has it. Quincy Jones's Agency is representing him. One innovator recognises another.
Herbie Hancock and The HeadHunters revisited. Watermelon Man , Chameleon etc.... Early to mid 70's
I can t agree more with those who mentioned the high quality of the basist and the drummer. Both neither mentioned nor credited but indeed, as good as collier.
Jacob is definitely outstanding. His improvisation on the piano is superb. But again, highligted by the perfect touch of his fellow musicians. Food for the soul. Thank you guys!
Great Work!!! Talent is unearthly!!!
Hancock/ Wonder. Technically superb. Not sure the spirit of Eleanor Rigby, all the sadness, is still captured. Huge mention to the rythm section. That is a very professional way of supporting and enhancing a soloist work. Positively impressed.
Increíble!! Musico !!! Muchísimo!! Talento!!! Y creatividad músical!!!
KILLER RYTHM SECTION!!!!
Man this is incredible and gotta give props to Robin and James for keeping it solid!
Incredibly talented! I've only found JC (this JC that is) a week ago.
This guy could sing the phone book and we would still come back for more.
Beautiful to all of you. You all are very talented. I like the creative way you guys arranged the song.
Wow! Wow! This is so good. I would love to see a JC 'jazz' concert with this trio.
Really cool rendition! Lovin the funk.
great admiration for his inivotive music and skill--clever young man!
Robin Mullarkey is incredible too.
genius !! incredible talent !!! 23 yrs young ...wow ......
The Illegitimate Offspring of Stealy Dan & Herbie Hancock !!
That's so funny and so astute at the same time.
AvalonsDearestHeart Thank you, glad I made you smile !
Stuart Lomas i've heard him mention Steely Dan in an interview before LOL
Oh - thought for a minute there you meant Steely Dan. rip Walter.....
@@TheFossie12 no he said Stealy Dan...they stole things
I guess Jacob Collier is living proof that some people really do have super powers. I could be wrong, but I believe he accidentally fell into a vat of radioactive chemicals while listening to Beethoven as a child. Explains everything.
Actually Jacob is an archangel on sabbatical from the mansions of the celestial realm. Being an angelic spirit he is, of course, a terrifically nice person. That's why everyone loves him to bits.
....or .... ! got mixed up with other highly talented deceased musicians during the rebirth procedure and snatched it all lol .. he s great !!
I love Beethoven and Bach, but cannot stand the cold, robotic feel of Jacob's music.
LOL
@@leannemo7382 I definitely wouldn't describe it that way, but different strokes for different folks as they say
Dammit Jammes Maddren! you've done it again you killing cat! :) Also a fantastic performance from Robin Mullarkey.
And Jacob Collier....well it goes without saying :) he's brilliant
Obviously inspired by Stevie Wonder! Imitation is the most sincere compliment. Love Stevie. Love Jacob. Nice job!
Le bassiste est un tueur.....!!! Et le batteur...great job!!!
anyone else hearing Oliver Nelson around @2:47 ? This is a happening treatment! Bravo!
That rhythm section!!!
Thank you for this, +Adam Spiers. I actually found my way to this video while exploring Rob Mullarkey's playing and have been unable to find out who the stunning drummer is. Thanks again, and I agree that they should have been credited in the first place...beside the fact that the rhythm section's performance here is completely stunning, proper credit is only proper.
Magnifique, Jacob !!! Congratulations ...Felicitations ...Parabéns !!!!!! ;-)
Savage playing all round, but the drums and bass make this performance. Amazing!
@everyone saying this lacks soul- this is music for musicians and the improved phrases and technical skill is where the soul is found
Max ELA well said 👍
Quel son ! Bonjour de la France
All three musicians are amazing! Great bass interplay. Jacob is a genius.... :)
Fantastic young man
Jacob collier is the Jacob collier of whatever it is Jacob collier does
Great ! The improvisation always in *HERBIE HANCOCK* style !
My favorite piece from Jacob Collier ! :)
Unbuhlievable!!!
Keyboards far surpassed the origininal!!
Had the Beatles only knew where this piece could possibly go...we would never have recognized the original.
Love the Beatles...but this guy is miles beyond.
Amazing Bass!!!
Loved listening to this
great free interpretation of a Beatles classic.
Wonderful talent and very fresh approach to this great song!
I guess his 2016 harmoniser gettin better since I heard the MIT guys built the whole music technology, specially designed just for him #geniusesforgenius #fulldedication
He slapp keyboard
Bass run at 2:15 is rewindworthy
Not the only one 😂. 6:56
Pino Palladino is a monster Bass player. I first came across him playing Bass for Paul Young on the 'No Parlez' album.
@peter g , I know. I was just referencing another great Bass player.
Pino plays on Jacob's "Feel"
How could anyone dislike the ethereal, mantained jazzy 7th chords at the each of the first sentence of each part? Jazz came way before The Beatles. Jazz is a tentacle of classical music. This is a vital reconstruction of the center of the groove. This is unpeeling the translucid banana. Jazz chords are true greatness, keep the contrary to yourselves
I really like the drummer! Awesome beats dude!