Jacob Collier - Danny Boy (Maida Vale session)

Jacob Collier performs Danny Boy in session at Maida Vale for BBC Introducing and Jamie Cullum on BBC Radio 2.

[alexanderlindgren]

The reverb on Jacob's harmonizer is fucking fantastic. Damn. It really sounds like a reverb from a real church.

[kiwisaussie]

His intro the is the most teasing passage I've ever heard. You keep thinking he's going to resolve it on a tonic chord BUT HE KEEPS DRAGGING IT OUT AND PROLONGING IT. My blood pressure is through the roof. Lovely sounds!

[danieledibella]

Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side.
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
It's I'll be here in sunlight or in shadow,
Oh, Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so!

[nathanarmerding]

Jacob is literally a portal, a radio that is tuned into the harmonies of heaven. The harmonies are literally the musical representation of things like longing, hope, despair, and unconditional love. Jacob’s rendition of this timeless tune made me feel the same way I felt holding my brand new baby boy for the first time.

[Usrbillion]

Heard this on some unknown radio channel today... and I thought it was beautiful... had no idea it was a cover... it was one of those panic moments where you clamber for your phone to Shazam the song before it ends... then Shazam didn't even know what it was and what followed was overwhelming sadness that I'd never be able to hear this beautiful song again... I've been searching all night for it and I can't believe I have actually found it!! To Jacob Collier... I would totally listen to a whole album worth of songs in this chilled out style over and over again... you know... just saying... haha. Keep doing what you're doing dude!

[KiatHuang]

Beautiful, ultra-modern, yet respectful to the tradition. Watch one Jacob Collier video and, even though you've done it countless days before over the past few years, you just end up seeking out and listening to a whole load more. And it stops you in your tracks (this time I was meant to be practising my bass :). I've given up trying to describe this guy or how I feel about his music. All I can say to my friends now is just "Listen".

[setantaize]

I'm an Irish musician, and I am aware of and play this song in many variations, it's the first time I've even thought of Herbie Hancock and an Irish air. So you have unlocked a door for me. You might be impressed by the key changes in Mná Na h-Éireann, if you find a good versions of it. Although it's not a popular song to the wider public, and you wouldn't cover it. It's worth a listen if you like enchanting Irish airs.

[jamescolohan]

This is genuinely one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard

[Kurai_Beibi]

My grandpas favourite song . He passed away this morning .
Little blue reminds me of him too. ❤

[xaplax]

I have waited my entire life to hear something this beautiful

[JXter_]

That interlude at 3:04 is absolutely unreal, it's like discovering a new color. And yet, the entire passage is so distant but near, so warm and cold all at the same time. It's by far my favorite portrayal of love and conflict. It's absolute art.

[soosebagel]

This kid is a musical genius. His improv intellect is crazy.

[janhuydts]

My favorit musician since two years: I think all musisians in all ages can learn so much from him, I’m an eighty-one old jazz-player, and cannot live with my daily portion of Jacob Collier and still learn from him!!

[bobinoregon]

What's unique about this, I think, is that it's one person's vision and choices driving all the voices at once, instead of an ensemble where a dozen minds decide on the treatment (attack, volume, etc). of each note, or where the composer has to multi-track themselves, which kills the spontaneity. This performance is all his creative choices delivered in real time by the tech he's using.

[Leonecta]

Only true artists can convey the message as this dude does, and make you weep like you're the one waiting for Danny.

[SebAntosh]

i'm listening to this for the 100th time now. such beautiful harmonies! great use of space too. and the sound... oh my damn

[alexanderleeart]

I feel like there are things going on in this guy's brain that most minds would never be able to fathom

[richardcutting]

Can't stop coming back to this... amazing...

[bills]

Those low harmonies are beautiful and remind me of the emotional experience I had listening to Thomas Tallis. This is my new favorite version of this timeless song.

[kalebean]

4:09 he knows that chords gonna be crunchy