MUSICIANS REACT TO Angelina Jordan SINGING I Put A Spell On You FOR THE FIRST TIME! 

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9 year 2 month old Angelina creates her arrangement (writing on the pages) then takes charge of the studio and band to belt out the best version of this Screamin Jay Hawkins classic. She is a musical genius with the best voice I have ever heard.

Wow 9 years old, that's insane! She's so sassy! 💗

Angelina in beast mode when she perform screaming jay hawkings song from 1956.

Welcome to Angelina's world. The deeper you dig the more amazed you will be. We fans like to call it the Angelina rabbit hole. You'll get lost in her originality, glorious sounds, and angelic presence and personality.

Of course we want more of Angelina, she's the best singer in the world. She's 15 now by the way

You'll also notice that she's looking at her own musical notes/ lyrical paper to the side and using her fingers to time the beat......not only is she singing so incredibly, she's also listening, experiencing, interacting with , and spontaneously flowing musically with the band!

In no time, you'll be laughing at how funny it was to hear the queen of jazz sing at 9 years old.

If you watch jamming on portrait of a child you can see her working with the same band and that she is the centre of the creative process.

❤️ your reaction and Welcome to Angelina’s world. You just found the worlds next Mega Super Star just waiting to take the world over 👍🙂❤️

You have just witnessed the greatest performance ever by a 9-year-old singer. She is 15 now.

💗💗💗 *Only Angelina Jordan, can take an amazing song, from a phenomenal artist, & make it her own* 💗💗💗 I have often been lost for words, when trying to describe Angelina Jordan's unique vocals, & I still cannot express, or even come to terms, with what my ears are hearing, most times, but one thing I absolutely do know, is that, when I hear her voice, it always touches my soul, & can make me feel things I didn't even know existed!!! To me, that is her gift, & what makes her, not only a singer, but an incredible soulful artist 💝 *SHE TRULY IS A GIFT* 💝

She is 15 years today! When her record label (Republic Records) , family and herself want it, they can just push the button. Many people forget that she is only 15 years old today because she is so mature for her age. She still goes to school. and I think everyone on her team including the record company (Republic Records), slows down a bit with marketing her. She is so good anyway, so she can not be ignored. She delivers music that lasts, and not music that lasts for a few weeks as plastic hit. Angelina has over 600 Million Views on RU-vid and over 2 Billion Views on Facebook overall on her videos. Angelina won Norway's Got Talent at the Age of 8, and has been producing masterclass level vocals ever since. The only and regular marketing is done by the fans via RU-vid. All the important top personalities in the western music industry know who she is and what she can do. In just a few years, I know that we will see great things from Angelina.(Google translate) If you need to identify who she sound like, I can tell you that she has 1000 different voices to choose from, depending on the song choice and type .. It's Angelina.

She is a precious gem, simply

It’s a lot more than “personality”. They don’t really know much about such quality of an exceptional artist

It's funny how everybody who reacts to this video is like "oh, she's cute" at first 🤩, and when the video ends everybody got a serious look on their face 😶

You've seen what is likely to be a modern day Mozart video that will go down in history - but from your facial expressions, intent on pleasing you, you didn't notice ... and this is significant ....

Copied from another commenter. In an interview Angelina said later (then 10yo) about this song: "It means love! Desperate love. It's very special, it's almost voodoo! The original is very nice, and when I scream it is a desperate cry that everyone should love each other."

You guys are really cute. Angelina was born with more gusto than most of us are able to muster in our whole lives. Yeah, definitely more Angelina.

A 9 year old that arranged this herself, like all of her performances from 6 up is insane, and it's Jazz, Jazz! She is in a mix of professionals and they respect her! She is limited so she makes it work somehow and you can see how technical this performance was, that means tons of practice and she wrote a book and gives a lot to charity. Just amazing!

These musicians know Angelina well. She arranged both the lyrics and the music. You see her writing and giving her notes to the director which we believe to changes for the pianist. There is video of her rehearsal for this song where you see her directing the musicians as to how she wants it to sound. The musicians affectionately refer to her as the boss. She was nine years and two months old when recorded. She was arranging her music when she was seven and eight. This can be seen in rehearsals for Summertime which was her final song on Norway’s Got Talent which she won. There is much for you to learn about this child, all of which is a pleasure. lol

Must see!! Her cover of James Browns "Its A Mans World" at 12 years old. Although its taken from a cell phone and the audio quality is a little off....its still amazing. Also, the tv show version of Feeling Good.

One could tell you both were taken back but tried not to let the other see that RESPECT is in order for this Hall of Fame performance.

i love reactions to Angelina,,,,,,,they tell us so much about us ,,,,humans,,,,,,,and so much more,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,glad Angelina came along,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

She is 15 now. She was signed last year to Republic Records, whose roster includes Lorde, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, The Weeknd, and many others. Her deal designates her as a Priority Artist, who will enjoy the full support of the label for any of her releases. Pretty crazy to get that status on her first record deal.

just for you to know the music is professionally done,,, the team is perfect

"Is she a witch"? NO more like an angel! SHEESSHH!

She performed this rendition at 9. She is 15 now and even better.

I would love to see you react to her performance of Summertime during Norway’s Got Talent when she was 8 years old.

She's covering Screamin' Jay Hawkins. That is the face on the candle she was holding. Also, it was not her homework, it was notes to the music director. Angelina does all her own arranging.

You're missing the fact that Angelina is the one who is in charge in all of her videos. After you see/hear a few dozen more you'll see that she is the one masterfully making all of the decisions. You're going to find that you will come to expect that she will do a cover that often/usually is significantly better than the original. She puts a lot of thought and emotion into each word and phase. She really makes any song come to life in a way that the original artist often cannot. And her original songs are magnificent too. You'll see.

That wasn't homework. She does her own musical arrangements so she was marking changes for the music director and as you saw he enjoyed looking at them.

OK, i'm about ready to listen to your reactions, I stumbled on Dimash from watching our barefoot angel here. That said, I'm glad you are going down this rabbit hole now. This song will blow you away i'm pretty sure. 9 years old and arranged the music to this song. She is just unbelievable . She and Dimash are now about the same age. I think for the good of mankind, they should make a baby together, just imagine the vocals. lol The other musicians don't wonder what they are going to do in the song, Angelina tells them. And to blondie, she's not singing about the ice cream man, she grew up listening to the jazz greats and knows how to emulate what she hears into her own style. Once her family found out this song was about suicide, Angelina no longer sings this. Thank you Andrea for your spot on reaction

Angelina,a young living legend!

The band backing her usually are with her always. She changes lyrics almost all the time. She is by far one of the greatest singers to ever walk up to the mic. I'm a huge jazz fan and a lot of 50s music. But when she does Whitney houston, that's where I got the most chills because when you watch her, she shows she is in charge by knowing it's very easy for her by her body reactions in the video. When I first seen her sing only 5 months ago I was hooked and went down the rabbit hole. Still blows my mind how perfect her pitch is. She was put in this earth as a gift.

She is not giving them her homework!!! She is giving them the arrangement! The band nicknamed her the boss! Watch in the video she is giving timing and rolling her eyes at the Sax.

That look right at the end is her thinking, "Now, where did I put my dolls?"

Great reaction! Imagine being barely nine years old, walking into a studio filled with professional musicians, who are waiting for you to perform with them. Sounds scary... right? In AJA's world, those musicians were there on her directions, taking her directions - doing so gladly while being estatic about the greatness they witnessed. No matter age, this is a masterpiece - period and it will be studied for generations.

You will soon be inundated with more requests , and subscribers, than you will know what to do with. Angelina is now 15 and has a preferred artists contract with Republic Records. She and her family are limiting her exposure until she finishes with school. She also has retained the rights to her own music. That is where she is right now. Where she came from is Norway. Since she entered and won Norway's Got Talent at the age of 7-8 years old, she has traveled and performed around the world. She turns down 90% of the requests for her to perform because her family wants to give her room to grow up as normally as possible. She was invited by Quincy Jones a couple years back for Quincy's 85th year birthday celebration. She sang Quincy's arrangement of 'Fly Me To The Moon'. After meeting her and having her sing something to him off the cuff, Quincy said that Angelina was the best young singer he's heard since Michael Jackson. Angelina herself seems to be immune to this kind of adulation as she is a very humble and caring person who gives away a lot of her appearance money to charities. You will be told many things about Angelina. Some you will go, 'Yeah right' to because you can't believe someone so young could be doing this. But she has and is doing that and more. She has covered more than 140 songs on her youtube channel. She chooses her own music, even now, she rearranges just about everything she touches. Some not so much, others as with her arrangement of her performance on AGT The Champions in 2020 when she took 'Bohemian Rhapsody' for a spin that has re-defined what you can do to a song. You should definitely see that performance. Since this performance you just watched she has grown not only in musical stature but in physical stature as well. She is now 6'1" tall, in bare feet, you will get that point from others, is model thin and beautiful enough to make a dent in that profession if she wanted. Oh, and the comments you were making about her relationships with other musicians, whoever she works with very long they come to call her, The Boss, and they all love her to death. As far as what to listen to....., anything she does you can't go wrong.

Heck yes! More More More Angelina. There is so much more of her music to react to.

Just INCREDIBLE and so beyond her years❣‼

The right answer is always more Angelina.

She alters her voice to suit the song. Try"I'm still holding out for you, age 10 or Whitney's " I Have Nothing, at 12 then "All I ask "at 15 She tells the message of the song.

You two are AMAZING, I've seen you both perform. Angelina transcends our world in her journey through space and time, leaving a wake of tears from joy during the experience.

I really like Andrea's smiles rather than your smirks--you are watching a true miracle. This little star Angelina Jordan will shine very bright for many years to come.

Thanks for the new reaction with Angelina. This is the homage of Angelina to Screamin' Hawkins (the portrait on the candle) and isn't an imitation, rather a tribute to a singer she has much listened to and admires. Not all adults know this great performer but certainly the only girl in the world who knows him and who also thinks of singing his song without any fear is she. It's incredible that this adaptation is all her own (the sheets written) and that at that age she was able to evaluate and transform, according to her sensitivity, such a particular and powerful song 😊 ❤️ This is Angelina, the incredible magical little girl and this is probably the best reinterpretation made by a singer in over 60 years of this song.

The great and carefully selected musicians in the band know that she is the 'boss!' The 'homework' that you saw at the beginning is her own arrangement of the music. She WILL correct them, if what she calls her 'wishes' are not followed. The child is a force of nature at the age of 9.

Loved it: "Who's this about? The ice-cream man?" She does mean what she is singing. "Is that good enough?" Sounded like a sly John Lennon rooftop reference. Great reaction, she slayed it!

She arranged the piece, as well as directed the musicians (along with singing). Pretty good for 9 years old.

It's difficult to react to this because it's hard to process this barely 9 year old child singing this song as good if not better than many before her have performed especially when you are musicians that have years of experience. NEXT UP: "FEELING GOOD, Live on the Stream Gir Tilbake" ON STAGE WITH A FULL JAZZ BAND AT 10 YEARS OLD. It may be one of the best if not the best version you've ever heard. GREAT REACTION, LOVED IT!!!!!

here she is 9yo old, the whole song has been rearranged, the original is from Screamin 'Jay Hawkins 1956 all the bands she plays with call them TheBoss because she sets the tone but in a very respectful way today she is 15yo old there are over 130 covers by all the popular stars as well as classic and 5 originals that she wrote herself (google translater)

This was her Homage to Scream'n Jay Hawkins. She plays several instrument, well. Piano, especially she writes all her own arrangements and that, what looked like home work was her notes to the musical director.

Make no mistake about who the boss in that room was. Angelina didn't need to prove herself, the musicians did. The notes in the beginning of the video was Angelina stating how the music was to be played. Of course Angelina, being such a humble person, called them wishes. At the age of 9, Angelina had already won Norway's Got Talent, performed at multiple charity events, and sang at the Nobel Prize ceremony.

Now aboard the AJ express, welcome to the world of the barefooted princess and jazz queen Angelina Jordan. Witness her climb to the top. Lots think she has already made it. Pick any song of the over 132 plus 7 originals All covers are her arrangements and originals written by her. Best voice and class in my 70 years.

She is telling the band what she wants in those notes. She leads them. Also, English isn’t her first language. She is Incredible!

Angelina has been singing for 7.5 years before this performance... almost a veteran :)

Thank you both for a great reaction to this masterpiece performance by the Barefoot Angel. Here Angelina is honoring the legend Screamin Jay Hawkins (RIP) using her own rendition of the original song. Watching Angelina’s more than 140 covers, rehearsals, and original performances on YT is like following your most favorite TV serial, except this show will last for decades to come.

Saxophonist, this arrangement is genius, who did it? Director, the singer

This particular performance is not at all typical of Angelina's. You must listen to many others to see how versatile she is - she covers all genres, usually delivering a superior performance than the one she covers. And she has about 5 of her own songs. She is 15 now and has improved from "really good for her age" to a seasoned and top-notch artist. I don't like it when commenters point new reactors to this particular performance - there are 140 other, and better, performances to view. Head on over to super-fan Rusty Shackleford's site and use his playlists of all her songs. You will not be disappointed!

At some point you two will recognize that you stumbled onto something quite extraordinary in Angelina Jordan. You're still at that "isn't she cute?" stage, but you will eventually move past that.

I would love to see you react to her performance of the James Brown classic, It’s A Man’s World, when she was 12 years old.

It is truly a conundrum when we try to rationalize how it is possible that this tiny sweet-faced 9yo Norwegian girl can step up to microphone, flip some switch within her, become this "beast-mode" version of herself (most probably named "AJ don't play"), deliver an extraordinary and musically and socially sophisticated performance, then just-like-that return to the pensive young lady once again... There aren't words for this! "I Put a Spell On You" has been covered many times and is recognized as a classic, yet almost never is the tone of the original 1956 "Screamin" Jay Hawkins version captured. This is because Hawkins was the original shock rock guy (think Ozzy Osbourne type craziness) and his style is difficult to emulate and also because his dated delivery is uncomfortable and stereotypical to our modern sensibilities. Yet Angelina respectfully sings his own song in a manner that exceeds his (Hawkin's image is on the candle she holds at the start of her video). She starts low, rising in intensity throughout and finishes in an unexpected and practically operatic style. You must go and listen to Hawkins' original (and throw in a couple of "famous" covers as well) to see the true genius in how AJ incorporates many of his vocal elements [usually omitted by most singers]. This shows another aspect of her musical IQ and arranging genius (not to mention her masterful control of her vocal instrument equaled by few others regardless of age). "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I put A Spell on You" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-orNpH6iyokI.html

Her homework was notes to the band of how she wanted it to sound :)

The ice cream man! Lmao! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

When it comes to AJ, I can listen to her any time anywhere ❤👍

A million miles, born to die& I'm still holding out for you. Are 3 of many goods covers Angelina has done, by the way she awesome 💖

That paper - in the opening - wasn't her doing her homework, but proposing the arrangement (look at the reaction from the producer). As for whether she knows what that song is about, yes, and she chose that song. Since she was eight years old, she has been the one to choose the songs and structure the arrangements and even certain melodies and accompanying rhythms and riffs. She is the best. She is unbelieveble.

Do "I'm Still Holding Out For You" or "Young and Beautiful"

Ah, you discovered this one. She has a lot of material on RU-vid.

Thank you for providing levity and insight to AJ's performance. It is refreshing to see. I really enjoy watching serious musicians not take themselves too seriously. Well Done.

Please check out her rehearsal of Fly Me To The Moon.

Perfect example of an old soul in a young body.

Thanks for the latest episode of Musicians React featuring Angelina Jordan. Quite a different take on I Put a Spell on You. Really enjoyed her version. Hard to believe that incredible voice at her age.

Uh, I like to say, "Nothing personal," but I've listened to a couple of hundred reactions to her and I have never heard a reactor I liked less than this guy.

Out of the whole video, my favorite part besides Angelina of course was the subtle little "you might wanna rethink that" lmfao that cracked me up for some reason 😂🤣

that's a really unique jazz thing it's called talking to the band.

You should react to Angelina singing "What a difference a day makes". Not only does she have professional musicians behind her but also backup singers and sings in front of a crowd of thousands at the ripe old age of 8.

Nothing but Angelina for the last eight years

Thanks for your great reaction. I would recommend hearing where she is at now at 15 with either her original, "7th Heaven" or her Adele cover "All I Ask." Then perhaps you can go back to her beginnings in Norway Got Talent when she was 7-8 years old.

Matters not how the band is or is not, all that matters is SHE is the boss. Accept it or find another gig. Truly she is the boss and if you're not helping then you are hurting her music and that won't happen. She is way more serious about her music than you or any of us. Her home work as you called it is a note of wishes to the conductor. She made changes he needed to know about. Instead of demanding the change she requested the change. If he had refused not sure we would have the song.

She’s now 15 years old something like 140 videos 4/5 originals her talent is endless any song you find by her will truly amaze the both of you..... i’m so excited you’re reacting to her..... thank you!!

You will love her cover of I Rather go blind ❤ Angelina Jordan Astar is phenomenal ❤

Our new Queen🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

Absolutely amazing an angel from the Lord makes me smile everytime I hear her sing so beautiful

She arranged this! She’s used to the jazz musical interludes, even at this age.

You discovered the best singer

👩🏻🎤🎵🌎⭐️🇳🇴❤️ Hey, hey, hey, hey, watch out! She ain't lyin'!!! More Angelina please!

I hear what you’re saying but I don’t think they’re laughing AT her. I think The shock of hearing that voice come out of a 10 year old girl with such maturity depth and character leave you speechless to understand it. And that’s not even taking into consideration that she’s singing like she’s lived it at that age. Truly what are the most unbelievable talents I’ve ever seen and I’m 71 years old. She’s no joke and that’s for sure but I’m a funny guy and I can usually find some humor in everything. When they asked who is she singing about the ice cream man I thought no, she’s the foster child from hell it’s not going away. She doesn’t care if you don’t want here she’s yours right now. And that’s not making light of her talent in anyway. I’ve watched many of her performances and in tears at the end of every one of them. She’s truly unbelievable. By the way the two of you are so close to discovering another shockingly amazing talent who was on the show that season. Marcelito Pomoy singing the prayer, Along with two other songs. I hope you take time to have a lesson.

Angelina is giving us her arrangement of this song (the list she wrote at the beginning was her wish list for the musical director, he knew that she was going to be the BOSS! You should try listening to the original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, apparently he and his band had a few beers before the recording, resulting in something more in the way of theatre. Angelina extracted a song from that! This was in what I call her "feisty phase", she also did a James Brown cover in a live concert, at age 9, giving attitude to deliver "I feel good". For a more refined, yet more powerful, James Brown cover, "It's a Man's World", with full military band, live concert, age 12. Well who's world is it? I would place my bet on Angelina! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HEm7tGrjIKk.html

It was not her homework. It was her instructions for the director. Angelina does her own arrangements.

(PS) On “I put a spell on you” that she filmed at 9 as a tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins. Angie said it in an interview (when she was around 10 at interview) about this song: It means love Desperate love. It's very special, it's almost voodoo The original is very nice, and when I scream it is a desperate cry that everyone should love each other.

I LOVE your comment about the look she gets during the sax solo! I just realized I'd watched this reaction before, but I watch reactions to this song a lot and I ALWAYS think of your comment during the jazz solo :)

I like you, guys! Your comments are funny and refreshing. I hope that you will continue to react to her, and to Dimash. They both are, it sems to me, renewing the music industry by "singing in the spirit", with an attitude. They go farther than other artists: they bring a welcoming air of renewal, of transformation of the old ways of singing. Furthermore, they "feel" their songs, don't you think?

Sure , more of her anytime soon. This performance one might think it is a little bit overacting or oversinging on Angelina‘s side, but compared to the original , she is quiet moderate in her interpretation. There are so many great covers she did that it’s quiet difficult which one to choose. Maybe her latest „Heal the world /Michael Jackson“ would be good, also her own songs “7 Th heaven“ and „ Million miles“ , you will need to listen to many of her 130+ songs to capture her versatility, because nearly every song she invents herself new and remarkably remaining always authentic and true to herself, at least in my opinion.

This was a one-off. She never risked straining her larynx again. Her personality, here, was determination. She wanted to do a proper tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins. I think she did.

Those musicians refer to her as the boss and this is her arrangement of the song. More 5tan anything this a tribute to Screaming Jay Hawkins the original artist (1956) and song writer.

Song that blew me away, she sings Elvis Cover of "How Great Thou Art" Enjoy:)

This type singer comes around like once in a life time. She can make this old mans eyes leak, im 68. If you like Low register, watch her sing "How Great Thou Art" style of Elvis... unbelievable!

I don't doubt the musicians were surprised by Angelina's performance, but they were assuredly aware of her and knew who she was. She did win Norway's Got Talent as eight years old and had performed at many jazz festivals and concerts by this time.

Her cover of “Born to die” is a must listen