“Did Jacob Collier just play five instruments in the span of 20 seconds…and we’re only on song one?,” I asked myself while sprinting around the photo pit, clumsily attempting to capture the musical savant as he dashed from one end of the stage to the other, conducting the crowd. Yep, he sure did.
And that’s the Jacob Collier experience: a dazzling multisensory explosion of sounds, colors, ideas, and talent. It can be overwhelming and potentially induce feelings of inferiority for not knowing how to play 45 instruments. But there’s no time to wallow because the Londoner’s innate charm and enthusiasm sweep you right up.
At 27, it’s not a stretch to refer to him as a virtuoso and I look forward to continuing to be astonished by him in years to come.
SETLIST
With the Love in My Heart / Count the People
Feel
Hideaway
Don’t You Know
The Sun Is in Your Eyes
Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap cover)
In Too Deep
Time Alone With You
All I Need
He Won’t Hold You
Happy Birthday to You (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover)
Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder cover)
Sleeping on My Dreams
With the Love in My Heart / In My Bones
ENCORE
It Don’t Matter
Blackbird (The Beatles cover)
