![]() As a solo artist, Jacob is fiercely and famously independent. Such collaboration is remarkable for someone whose career thus far has been founded on solitary creativity. ![]() Together, they’ll perform material from Jacob’s next album (release date TBC) along with songs from In My Room and a hubbub of music from other genres. These include the legendary gospel/jazz a cappella group Take 6 (“my all-time crush as a teenager”), jazz-folk singer Becca Stevens (“a beautiful singer-songwriter”), folk artist Sam Amidon (“such a charismatic, unique voice) and the Moroccan guembri player and Gnawa master Maalem Hamid El Kasri (“the king of his genre: this crazy, royal bundle of energy”). With him on stage will be Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest (with whom Jacob appeared at 2016’s riotous Quincy Jones Prom) plus a number of special guests. ![]() “Because there are so many other people in this Prom, luckily I can be just one Jacob,” he says. Proms audiences won’t, however, see the “multi-Jacob” visual technology he’s used in the past to evoke a split screen style on stage. As with previous live shows, Jacob will be bringing along the contents of his music room at home, complete with an array of instruments and the unique vocal harmoniser he has used since 2014 to create complex chords using just his voice. Jacob's Prom promises a higher-than-average ratio of dancing to sitting, with everything from jazz and funk to disco, folk and Gnawa, a sacred Moroccan tradition. I've just followed my goosebumps in every direction and have found a recipe for what my music feels and sounds like.” And I think the Proms have always represented very clearly that music is a universal language, one that everyone can speak.
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