Jacob Collier - Close to You - Live From Lincoln Hall 

It's honestly kinda scary how effortless all of this is for him. The crowd cheers like crazy for that vocal run about halfway through the video, but the complexity of his bass comping paired with his vocals in the first half of the song is utterly ridiculous, and he does it without breaking a sweat.

For those slating his music for being unemotional, remember that joy is an emotion. Music doesn't have to be depressing to be emotional!

You can just tell how passionate this guy is about music. He looks like a little kid in a playground full of toys. Like, he looks like he’s legitimately having fun and just enjoying himself. I love it.

"Don't be silly you can't start a band all by yourself" Jacob: Hold my instruments

Please keep him alive for next 80 years, I want all of my children and grandchildren to know him

Jacob Collier isn't just a musician, he is music. It just exudes from him. I listen to this before I go into work every day to put me in a good mood. This is what music needs right now.

At 1:53 he plays 13 notes against 6 quater notes (on one and half bars), so it's 13:6 polyrythm?! Sounds so good :ooo

I love it when he takes a well known song and “fucks it up”. The recognition of the original gives you an immediate connection so that he can do basically ANYTHING harmonically and rythmically and you are just in awe. With original compositions, the genius is still there but so much less recognizable because for me, it lacks the basic understanding you get from “i see what he did there”. His original compositions are, in other words, way “over my head”, I need a fundament.

Jacob Collier's music is always jam-packed with such a soulful groove, evoking a true raw emotion with a deep sense of musicianship. This performance brings so much life to the lyrics of the original song. I first heard about Collier a year ago from a teacher of mine. His music is not only accessible, sounds wonderful, but is also all-round enjoyable to listen to. From time to time I check out his recordings and sit back and listen. Inspirational!

Jacob Collier's music is fucking insane. Its not even good. Nor is it bad. Its just insane.

(Kanye interrupts) "All im saying is Stevie Wonder gave one of the best covers of this song." 😂

This is why I love RU-vid.You don’t get to hear and see many unique instrumentalists like Jacob Collier on mainstream media.

I can barley even comprehend this level of pure genius!!! This is intensely AMAZING.

Genius Jacob's harmony is personal to his spiritual makeup, and his makeup on this Earth is about stretching technical limits. So fear-not if you don't vibe with his presentations at phases. He's a pioneer of his own lifescape. It does not have to be accepted by your musical baseball glove.

-producer: in what key is this? -Jacob: Yes

The talent Jacob possesses is indescribable. A true prodigy sent from the Heavens to enlighten us mortals. What a guy!!!!!

How is this unemotional? There is so much emotion and feel in this!

one of the best musicians I've ever seen

The body of a instrumentalist. The soul of a producer

where the hell am i supposed to find more bass playing like his

I've watched this so many times. Never gets old. Really

Experimenting & developing on the world stage! What a true artist :-)

he is a master of polyrhythm......he playing bass in the style of Micheal League from Snarky Puppy..........the timing is amazingly hard....if he sounds like a crappy bass player to you then listen more closely and try and understand the relationship between what he is playing and the general pulse of the song

I have no words to describe how amazing he is. living legend

How tf could anyone dislike this video. Like this is seriously perfection.

Honestly gives me goosebumps and makes me smile every time i watch

Yoo! I can't even describe what that video did to me!! What is that?! I didn't know such a person exist. I don't know what happened to me! My body is glowing/vibrating! chill! Wow!!

4:04 bless u

This is the most attractive thing I’ve ever seen gawd look at him just creating all of this it’s amazing

The side-chaining on the bass drum is too good 😭

He is a magician. I don't think there is any other musician as gifted as Jacob.

He's having so much fun 👌👌🎉🎉

I hope he lives well until his old age and share more of his talent, in our planet the system we are in tends to kill this type of amazing talent.

You don't come for the music you come for his absurd control over the chaos and the way he channels your emotions through music creativity. Genius

This kid's voice is going to mature into something legendary

How in the world does one play a grove like that, while singing at the same time? This man lives and breathes rhythm.

I absolutely love this version!!! It's completely over the top, complex, sophisticated, and mind bogglingly brilliant! It's so unpredictable and heck, he's playing all the instruments by himself! I can't get enough of Jacob's music.

You're into girls Don't develop a man crush You're into girls Don't develop a man crush ...

Jacob is the embodiment of the phrase: "If you want something done right, do it yourself."

Wow. Watching this fella live is now on my bucket list

It's not unemotional, as that's just purely an opinion. It is just so different and so complex for basically any normal ear that it doesn't click the same way as it does for him. It might not exactly make sense but his ears hear things a lot differently than a large majority (99%). I do not necessarily find it to be the most appealing to my ear always, not to say I don't enjoy it, but it is not exactly something I would choose to listen to everyday. Though, maybe the more I listened, the more I would understand and therefore like it more. But he is no doubt skillful beyond comprehension, there is absolutely no argument there.

I am insanely jealous of this man. He hears things in his own head that I can only hear when someone (he, namely) plays them for me.

Man, this is some genius-level stuff here. I agree with what someone said earlier. He makes it all look like childs play. Crazy.

I dont understand any of the music theory of Jacob's greatness. But I understand the soul of this man.

I’m glad my teacher shows me this I fell in love with this song

RIP replay button..👏

youtubers: today im gonna show you the behind the scenes vlog of how i put the multi instrument acapella music video in a month Jacob: performs live

4:36 the lick snuck in there

This is not a stunt that takes lives but a musical one that preserves lives ...

Nice laid back groove! Then all the musically advanced stuff on top. Amazing! Instant fan!

Wow...I need to stop missing his concerts in Chicago

1:20 someone in the audience really felt it

His musicality is phenomenal!!!

Bedazzled...how does he accomplish this complexity.... unbelievable!

Steve Vai brought me here. One tends to listen when he name drops a musician and it goes without saying I am not disappointed. This kid is unreal.

All the straight male musicians in the comments just confessing their undying love for this dude is pure gold.

I love the way this song and this performance makes me feel. Also, he looks a lot like Keanu Reeves.

He is the type of guy that the other musicians are secretly crushing on.

That solo just goes to whole new dimension and then suddenly slam back to my face damn

oh god just so exciting to hear and see all these

4:37 did i just hear the licc? edit: aw shit there's already a comment on that

I for one am curious if he'll hit a dark period and switch gears or if all his stuff is gonna continue to be soul and funky jazz

This guy is a unbelievably talented, just inconceivable. Although i like the original much more than this version. Didn't like this cover that much, but im blown away by his creative skills. absolute genuis

somehow every little cheer and laugh from the audience fits so well with the music!!!!!! i love it

Umm. So... I’ve known about him for probably 2 years but this is the best I’ve heard and I’m just blown away.

Love the Kermit influence in his voice, sooo genius.

Now I’m fine with people disliking Jacob’s sound so long as they respect his genius, love and understanding of music but...one thing I absolutely can’t stand is when people say he has sacrificed emotion for technicality, people that say this have no idea how wrong they are. Emotion isn’t any one feeling and hence it isn’t any one kind of expression. Just because his expression is different from what you would deem “emotional” doesn’t mean his performances aren’t slapped with it. Idk about all these people but I can honestly feel the emotion OOZING out of every note, the pure joy in his face, the technical and musical freedom is unreal. It definitely took a while for me to understand and appreciate how amazing this man is. Like many others I respected his understanding of music more than his execution, but I would soon come to realise that you can’t approach this man’s music the same way you would approach any music before it, it’s DIFFERENT, so people have no idea how to respond, that’s the joy of his music, how we respond is often entirely new and that’s scary. Jacob is a bloody GENIUS full of emotion and if you can’t feel it you’re just not open to it

its kinda hyperjazz

this is MESMERIZING, what a pleasure, eyes ears and soul

Wow great player. I can see the power of the mind at work. Whatever the mind can conceive, believe and if actiin is taken, the mind can achieve it.

The more I read some of these comments, the more upset I become. I'm talking about those of you who concede he is "technically brilliant" but think he is either emotionless, indifferent to his audience, or making things more complicated than necessary. WRONG. He plays with so much visceral passion, his compositions or improvisations overflow with emotional chords, he often engages and works his audience (especially in a live concert), and he expresses a vital part of music that isn't often heard -- one that is highly thoughtful, and works wonders for sensitive, musical people. Some of you are the same people who will champion predictable radio-friendly tunes, demand that performers play to the gallery, or use your paltry knowledge in music theory to gauge the worth of true musicians. While some of them turn "mainstream" for your sake, we seriously don't need another bubblegum popstar. There's plenty of that as it is. We urgently need a different voice, and I am so glad to have discovered Jacob Collier, a one-of-a-kind musician of this century. I beseech him never to change his vision and style just to cater to the masses. Amadeus, anyone?

I love that this song is pissing people off lol

Yall remember August Rush? This is him now. Feel old yet?

Git it Jacob! So nice to see a musician being himself.

I really like his take on music! Killer player with feel. Organtic every night

yo, - I'm seeing all the comments about how this boy got no soul, no emotion... but is there anyone else here who disagrees with that? lol i am FEELING this shit - got it on repeat then again, may just me and him share the same fucked up emotions hah

shirt could use a good iron

Amazing! naturally it is what it is. Splendid!

Man this is pure musicality. Not preformated shit made to satisfy. This is genuine, true, absolute musicianship, not only playing with theoretical rules as he pleases, but taking you to places you never been before in a groovy, catchy piece he plays almost naked, so to speak. People consume music as they want it to be nowadays when they should use it to go places they never experienced before. Music is firstly a language but now it has found itself a vessel in Jacob's body and soul for us to understand what it has to offer. Hats down to this genius for the gift.

Nice keeping a classic alive!

Just discovered. Thanks for uploading

I love this man so much!

I've just fallen in love

Lots of negative comments from people jealous of his talent. Seriously, you guys all need to grow up and respect greatness as it’s happening.

To those bashing this for being too simple or catering to an audience that can’t understand what he’s doing,, watch June Lee’s transcription of this song. It’s not rocket science, but it’s very precise. He’s not just playing around in this song, he’s using complex rhythms and harmonic devices to make this sound the way it does, without being too overwhelming. In other words, he makes music math sound pleasant and easy and I applaud him for that, I mean most music that I make using devices I learned in Harmony and theory doesn’t sound this smooth, it sounds like I did just that: learned it in music theory. Idk guys give him more credit

This is good. Like, really, really good. Great stuff Jacob! Thanks Audiotreetv for sharing!

His voice doesn't match his body 🤣

The majority of people don't know, or even care to understand music theory. This gentleman is beyond talented. A virtuoso? I don't think so. He sees music like most of see the answer to a simple math problem. It's remarkable, but it will never catch on. Only music aficionados will truly respect his ability. He'll rise within that elite community. Most of us will just be amazed by his ability to play any instrument and sing well. His music is too complex for most to appreciate. It's really sad. He's creating amazingly complex music, but people rather hear a simple song with 3 chords. Simple rhythm. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus structure. With lyrics that a 3rd grader can comprehend. I love music. I'm learning theory. Jacob is light years ahead of me. Unfortunately for me, his music doesn't give me the tingles like other music does. Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Radiohead, Dire Straights, Chicago or a ridiculous Jerry Garcia guitar solo gets me going. I hope Jacob stays out of the mainstream and continues to share music that makes him genuinely smile. That's all that matters.

Way ahead of his time. The man is music.

Thanks for this! A wonderful jazz interpretation of the Carpenters hit. Looking at many of the comments, however, I get the sense it should have be subtitled "Warning! Modern jazz cut with bebop interpretation of pop song - if these things leave you cold or confuse you, don't waste your time!" That way there would be less opining by confused people expecting it to sound emotional as it might if done in another musical genre's style or idiom.

That self confidence of his really amazes me (apart from his music).. makes me feel so small.

"everytam, you are near"

The ultimate expression of beyond real perfection!

On the last day of the 26th Istanbul Jazz Festival, the magnificent concert you gave in Istanbul still does not fall from the language of my friends and unfortunately I could not attend because I could not be in Istanbul. My friends were very sorry to miss it and I hope I won't miss it next time..

It is rare that an artist can take a song and make it their own, while remaining true to the song. That makes it that much more enjoyable. :)

He's a monster.

I'm genuinely surprised at all the people saying the emotion is somehow lost in the complexity of the music. I mean that makes no fucking sense first of all, but how? This seems so much more emotional and passionate than a ton of mainstream music I hear.

synth solo was fire. He went pretty far, but not too far to the point where we lose the tonal center. Cmon like y'all soft if you didn't like that.

no one deserves to be that talented

When I was 23, I couldn't tell the difference between a bass and a guitar...and look at this guy...