Henry Jamison ╳ Jacob Collier

New from Henry Jamison, Third Person, a collab with the great Jacob Collier (introduction).

From Jamison’s Instagram:

“Third Person” featuring the one and only @jacobcollier is out now. I couldn’t finish the song on my own, so I sent it to Jacob and he obliged, sending me files a few days after my wedding. I thought that the lyrics were about feeling poorly equipped for life and needing someone else to help me through, but Jacob’s additions put it all in a new light. The irony is that I did need him to finish it, but his section is all about inner resources and some mystical connection to the world and each other that turned the song on its head in the most beautiful way. I also got him at his most Carole King 😻 I hope you all like it.

What’s interesting about this collaboration is that Third Person is both two-songs-in-one—call it “a song in two acts”—and a sonic mind-meld, with  Jamison’s and Collier’s musical sensibilities overlapping and intermingling. 

It’s also delightful that Collier—confrère of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, etc.—has collaborated with Vermont’s own Jamison. In PEI terms, this is like Shane Pendergast collaborating with Brian Eno.