jacob collier is recognized as one of the world s most distinctive, inventive and prodigious young musicians. based in london, uk, jacob has been inspired by many sounds his music combines elements of jazz, a cappella, groove, folk, classical, brazilian, gospel, soul and improvisation (to name a few), which culminate to create the world of jacob collier. he composes and performs everything sound you hear in his music himself jacob has spent the last year collaborating with the massachusetts institute of technology (mit) in boston, designing and building a groundbreaking solo live performance vehicle, bringing his one-man, multi instrumental, multi-visual format of music making to the stage.