Jacob Collier Grammy Acceptance Speeches (2020)

for best arrangement instrumental or acapella the nominated arrangers are Chris Bowers John Williams Emilio Sola vince mendoza Jacob Collier and the Grammy goes to Jacob Paul earful Moon River [Applause] [Music] thank you so much go this is amazing it's a massive honor to be in this room full of such a tent in a balloon with musical brilliance so thank you for having me um I'd like to start by thanking mr. Henry Mancini who has blessed us with this song Moon River and in the light of this song I've learnt so much so thank you so much to Henry thanks only thank you so much my family my mother Suzy Collier who's over there my sister's watching at home Sophia ala thank you for for carry me through through the ups and the downs of what it means to create from an honest place thank you so much to my unbelievable impeccable extravagant inspiring team without whom many of my crazy ideas we'd never make it off the ground when Bloomberg who said over there Thank You Ben Quincy Jones Thank You Quincy Adam fell Michael Payeur Michael Latour Danica Kaka Noah Simon was over there James right Chris tally in the shore fire team Nick Groff and Tom Lewis you guys Rock thank you for your belief in your trust in me and finally thank you so much to all the musicians here on whose shoulders I stand I'm here because of you whether knowingly or unknowingly you have inspired me to to use my voice and to be myself and there's never been a more exciting time to create anything ever so thank you so much have a beautiful night and see you very soon lots of love thank you [Applause] for best arrangement instruments and vocals the nominated Rangers are Jakob Collier Jeff Kizer surreal MA and Diego Figueiredo vince mendoza Esperanza Spalding and the Grammy goes to Jacob Collier for all my long [Applause] [Music] what is going on this is bananas absolutely bonkers thank you so much is Jules Buckley in the house yeah she was Buckley Polizzi you don't know him is a massive legend he's the conductor of the metropole orkest with whom I had the pleasure of collaborating on this particular arrangement it's a Lionel Richie song thank you to Lionel Richie for this incredible song all night long every single person in this room will have danced all night long at one point in their lives am i right that's what I thought thank you so much to take six the group who taught me how to harmonize as a teenager I used to listen to take six and sing the seventh note in every record that's how I learned how to harmonize and I'm so thrilled to have collaborated with them on this particular arrangement it was amazing so thank you for your voices I will be forever in your debt and thank you also to the Aeolian zuv Oakwood University Huntsville Alabama whose voices are on this arrangement of all night long - you changed my life feel the greatest choir on the face of the earth without the shadow of a doubt thank you for being on this planet I suppose that's kind of all I have to say but thank you for using your your voices to elevate this world music has the power in my humble opinion to bring so many people together in a way that nothing else in this whole world can so do things on your own terms do things in your own time and do things for yourselves and and give everything away thank you so so much thank you [Applause] you

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Length: 4min 21sec (261 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 28 2020