C Blues Jam E x p l a i n e d: Jacob Collier and Cory Henry Go Crazy

Viral when released and occasionally reposted by Jacob and Cory, C Jam Blues is a solid example of what Jacob Collier and Cory Henry can do in an impromptu improvisation. The key is C Blues, but Jacob and Cory quickly diverge into other keys, at times harmonically converging and at other times diverging. Here's the breakdown of the famous jam.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Transcription
2:16 I: Notes on Transcribing
3:24 II: Actual Transcription Analysis
6:21 III: The First Crazy Part
7:03 IV: Super Lydian Chords
12:00 V: The Next Crazy Part To The End (Also Crazy)
13:02 Bar 25 to End
13:40 Review
14:12 Announcements/End Cards

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[algiovannelli]

Any musician understands that this video is outrageously impressive to make
This deserves millions more views man I'm speechless

[etorna]

The fact that you took the time to transcribe AND analyze this amazes me. The time you put into this is deeply appreciated by all of us music theory nerds.

[sweetegg]

The mario kart thing was sofucking funny, legit laughed for a couple minutes

[Saxologic]

Oh yeah you know I loved that Mario Kart intro.

[MatSmithLondon]

Your editing and presentation is STUNNING, beautiful graphics. This must have taken you ages, so many lovely details. Yes and I agree the colour blue looks very good. I love the visual minimalism. Not to mention great bit of musical analysis. Subscribing.

[SamothIorio]

Everything everyone else already said + wow, a music analysis that uses a black background so that my eyes don't hurt like hell? Music is evolving!

[AndyChamberlainMusic]

*shows a bunch of crazy stuff*
"ok now to part III, the first crazy part"

[levarhiggs]

He straight up analyzed the “ah ah ah!” Inflections of Cory Henry surprising himself. 😆 we went from harmonic analysis to psychoanalysis

[TheRealG]

When the brain is moving this fast, one doesn't even know that this is the amount of information in a bar of music. Stunning. Just a flow of creativity.

[michawiertelak]

I don't know much about music theory and didn't understand almost anything what you've said. It was still fun to watch and to see how much I don't know and how crazy and complex music theory can be.

[IonBeamXXIV]

this video is so incredibly impressive. I can't imagine the number of hours it must have taken to transcribe their playing, analyze it, then create all these impressive digital visualizations of their lines to perfectly highlight exactly what is important. The analysis was well-paced, upbeat, with structural, emotional, and practical comments mixed in with theoretical discussion, without losing sight of the fact that this isn't a perfectly concocted piece, its just a jam. Absolutely amazing video, I subbed instantly.

[joecampbell]

*Just smile and nod and pretend you know what he’s talking about*

But seriously your dedication to transcribe and analyse this is insane. All my hats off to you

[Overlycomplicatedswede]

This analysis in a nutshell
dominant 7 chords everywhere mixed in with a nice dump of Lydian inspiration
Great analysis
Love from Sweden

[nickplaysviola]

Im glad they solved music. Now i can burn my fiddle as firewood and finally go to sleep.

[PianoLessonwithWarren]

This is amazing. Bro you should be teaching advanced jazz theory at Berklee.

[portcherish]

I really appreciate that I was able to watch this video for more than 5 minutes without it being interrupted by an advertisement. Thanks for sharing.

[AllInStudio]

How on earth did you transcribe this??! That’s genius in itself!! To unscramble that - what incredible ears you have! Thank you!

[secretreleases]

I don't know what is higher, the level of content quality or the level of madness!

[xx-mptq]

The color blue looks good in this video

[coxinhalover]

Man it's so cool to find people making high quality vids on people I really do be vibing with :^)