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This was Angelina’s arrangement. Those written notes you saw her making? And the band director reading and smiling? Those were last minute adjustments that Angelina wanted! The band gave her the nickname “The Boss”!
@@ninaschofield ❤everything you do. As far as vocal coaches it's you The Fairy Voice Mother and The Charismatic Voice that are my go-to professionals for analysis. I'd love to get your take on AJ at age 15 in this video singing Easy On Me. Now I love Adel but IMHO I think AJ's subtle choices in the delivery of this song has me loving it even more then the original. Hope you react/review this soon & let us know were you stand on this brilliant cover. Cheers 😍 Angelina Jordan - Easy On Me (Adele Cover) Live From Studio ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html
@@robmarar yea love all those. Rhebecca rva too and Beth roars, Julie Nixon Jvox. Nina great analysis and love seeing you get less shy .love your reaction on stop the things you do More of that Nina, go for it . all have there own styles, some common things but some other each spot that others don't & vice versa so it's such an education. Aj is fantastic, and it's musicality and good research & influences .she apparently studied up on the earlier singers version
Masterclass. Musicians have been calling her the boss since she was 8. She is incredibly musically empathetic. She not only has perfect pitch but an innate response to music that cannot be taught.
Way above average critique/reaction. Years and years from now when Angelina looks back at her career she can be very proud of this extraordinary, prodigy performance
At only a few seconds in you already said "there's so much to talk about". Just from a couple of lines Angelina can give you lots to analyze. She packs so much detail into every word. ...and somehow manages to never overdo it. She does a lot with a lyric, but every detail seems to have a purpose. Her phrasing and timing are just genius. You asked how much say Angelina has... she has said that she does all her arrangements herself, and many band members she has worked with (including some world class legends) have been blown away by her musical intelligence. Her album is releasing very soon! Get ready world, here she comes!
I figure I must have watched this 500 times by now.. and it never get's tiring. It helps of course that watching first time reactor's faces is priceless. As for the arrangement, she has complete control over her own arrangement, but she does have input on the Band's as well. There is actually a Video out there showing her working with this same band on a different song "Portrait of a Child". But over all I think the instrumentation is a group effort.
Nina, my co-commenters did the most work here, thanks to all of you angels. The musicians knew when she began to sing (at the latest) who she was. She was their national treasure and renown genius of musical instinct and they nicknamed her very lovingly THE BOSS. You saw her in the beginning writing the final arrangements, gave it to the bandleader with a humble "those are my wishes". You saw his reaction. From her sound booth she directed the whole thing. Be safe and sound. Elmar from Germany
Angelina is the goddess of music and vocal, all is perfect on point, her arrangement, the music, her voice is heavenly..absolutly outstanding 👑♥️🌹💫i love your reaction 😊
You'll find that in many, many of Angelina's arrangements, that she chooses an instrument to closely emulate the sound of with her voice and kind of 'duet' with...she seems to do this to tie the whole thing together and become part of the song
You should respond more. Angelina has so many shades in her voice that you haven't listened to yet, it's a shame to miss it, because very soon she is going to release her first record... 🦶🦶 👑 🗣🎙🎷She organizes her music including the one you just heard...
Thank you Nina. If you know Screaming Jay Hawkings' original (I'm sure you do), you will know how wild it is. Angelina has packaged that wildness into a jazzy, sassy, tour de force of a musical performance that brings in so many references. The Middle-Eastern touch in the final section and the nod to Hawkings' operatic training, for example. That last note was 14 full seconds of beautifully sustained vibrato. And at the end, you can see her thinking, 'Not bad, but ... ' Pure genius, cannot be explained.
@@Mark-iv7np, well Hawkins passed on 15 years before Angelina covered this and I think his opinion would have changed, and you think CCR really needs to be defended against a 9 year old? A shame you didn’t even mention Angelina’s performance but chose to cast shade on her….and I’ll just add that Angelina’s version is the closest to Screaming Jays ever recorded and I like CCR but they did water it down, there is no logical comparison.
Angelina Jordan holds up a picture of Screamin Jay Hawkins. He is the one who wrote the original song. The question is how can a nine-year-old little girl be able to convey a song of this maturity to bring out emotions that she has never experienced? I enjoy watching people experience this song for the first time. Angelina Jordan has Put a Spell on everyone. With her amazing voice and control over any song that she sings is amazing. Angelina has full control over all the arrangements that she does.
Nina, thanks for this wonderful and amazed (it's normal to happen!) reaction, this song is one of the important steps to understand the singularity of Angelina's talent. It's unreal like her, from a very young person, she choice to use her incredible passion and understanding through music in a splendid way, especially for these legendary songs. She is definitely the only 9-year-old girl who understands and has the courage and the ability to sing this song from Screaming' Jay, so imbued with his power, and reorganize it according to her musical sensibility and vision (her written notes that she has on the lectern and which she also gives to the band director at the beginning of the video). I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also sung by great singers. 💛🧡❤
it is literally the best arrangement of this song. bringing all of the elements of the original but re-organizing the chaos into this beautiful masterpiece
Thank you Nina for your detailed reaction and thank you for not watching it before the reaction. This is a mind blowing performance for me that this combined with Bohemian Rhapsody brought me right into Angelina’s world and I am looking forward to more of your insights. There is so much more brilliance to come.
The girl with a 1000 voices ❤️ You will find that out later when you have gone through her catalogue of music ❤️ This was kinda Angelina in beastmode at the age of 9 ❤️ If you have not seen her feeling good cover at age 10, Her cover of Rihannas Stay at age 12, I recommend you them 2 👍❤️
Nina, love your reaction/analysis of Angelina. If you are 8intrigues, as we are, of her early development, you may want to see her first studio session "I who have nothing". Be sure to turn on subtitles and watch all the way to the end. You will see that she was literally born with this talent. Cheers from Arkansas, USA.
She is a musical genius, you could never teach a normal 9 year old child to sing like that, the most amazing musical performance I've ever heard. If she was thirty years old it would only be a very good performance but considering her age its unparalleled! Amazing
Absolutely phenomenal performance from our barefoot Viking , Angelina at 9 years old actually arranges this rendition herself, she is paying tribute to the original artist Screaming J Hawkins a blues musician from the 1950s , Angelina is commanding the performance she is the boss, I’ve listened to Angelina’s take on this song hundreds of times and to me it’s still absolutely amazing incredible, great reaction thanks 🙏
Yes. Aged 9. Simply amazing. The written notes you see her handing to the band were her instructions about how she wanted the arrangement to go. This band, and others working with her in these early days / years, used to ( affectionately ) call her 'The Boss', mostly because of her musical intelligence and her already clearly developed vision of how she wanted her Covers to be performed.
This was the most shocking performance from a child I've seen this interpretation of this song rivals any I've heard .watching your expression was a lot of fun ,thumbs up to you 👍
Some of the things she did showed her familiarity with the original version by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who's face was on the candle she was holding at the beginning.
Did you notice how she used two different styles of vibrato at the end (the a cappella part) when she sang, "I don't caaaare…"? In the first half of the word "care", she is using her typical slow, wide vibrato, and then in the second half switches to a quicker, tighter, somewhat "choppier" version. Later she would develop an even quicker vibrato that she used at the beginning of her "Heal the World" cover (a quick nod to Michael Jackson's vocal style right off the bat), and then went even further with it in her most recent covers (studio and live) of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" last year (especially the final "held" note at the end of her lilve performance at _Allsang på Grensen_ - all of the things I'm referring to are on her Official channel, BTW). I'm no vocal expert, but I'd imagine it's harder to alter your natural vibrato (epsecially in multiple different ways) than, say, the timbre of your voice. Thoughts?
Angelina doing what she does. Taking an iconic song, rearranging it herself, giving us absolute authenticity for the genre, and killing, murdering the performance. At 9 years old. Easily one of my favorite videos of all time. This is not just great singing for a kid. It’s great singing that could be included on any collection of old school blues. We’re so blown away by everything she does here that it’s hard to give special attention to individual skills, but her timing with that live band is immaculate. She rides that beat fluidly and effortlessly like she’s been singing in jazz clubs for decades. She will surprise you again and again, just like today-and you haven’t even heard her older performances. Maybe stick with some more jazzy singing and move on to 10 year old Angelina covering “Feelin Good”. It is, again, one of the best, most original, covers of that classic you’ll ever hear regardless of age-by the best singer I’ve ever heard. There are two different live performances, at 10, that will blow you away. Here’s a link to Angelina with a full band behind her: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
As the 8 year and 4 months old Angelina blew us all away with her winning performance of "Summertime", what evolvement should we expect during the next 6 - 8 months from this child. An amazingly gifted child, but still; - a child. Well as she "fell in to" study of the music from "Screamin`Jay Hawkin", I guess we see the result just here. As Angelina goes straight to the main source, she make sure to pick up on the intentions and the soul of a song. Even for this one. Hawkin`s performance -s for sure are super theatrical and funny, and even a bit sceary I would think, to a young girl at 8 - 9 yo. Angelina BTW obviously had a great time watching and analysing his song, though even never ment for a child anyway. Angelina still is abel to go behind all the sceary stuff, all the smoke and firworks, and she uncover the song behind it all. What it is all about. And she gives it her heart. I guess I`ve seen and heard this performance at least half a thousand times during these last 7 years since release, and still I only enjoy it more and more, as I understand less and less about how she possibly could bring such a performance to life at all, at her age. I dear say, no adult person would even seriously ever initiate such a performance for this angel of music and humanity. Would they?? This is the soul-work of Angelina`s musical mind and her immensly gift, her instrument, her voice-tool.
Hello Nina, with 9 years already a masterpiece of singing. Here you can, you have to, enjoy every second. You like Angelina's lower range? - How great thou art 13 years old - ruclips.net/video/WLAEy1LIHrc/видео.html - well known by Elvis And the following song is also extraordinary: - I’d rather go blind 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/pK8mMXQb3_I/видео.html - Angelina on a sofa testing a new microphone, Etta James cover Thank you for this great reaction and Greetings from Germany
Thanks, Nina! Shocking to say the least! In the beginning you saw the musical director handed a sheet of paper. It contained changes Angelina wanted the band to make before recording the video. Yes, she began rearranging classic songs already from when she was 9. An analogy I could make about listening to her is when our mom's were stewing a bowl of soup on the stove and when no one was looking we would get a piece of bread or just a soup spoon and dip in into the pot to taste the soup. We would swallow it and think, "My goodness, this is delicious! How does mom do it?" Nina, all of us fit into that category but, Nina, folks like you are like chefs in my story and not only do you love the taste of the soup but you can taste the hints of rosemary, and garlic, and parsley, and sweet onions, etc., you get the idea. Nina, I always point out to everyone when you watch it again keep looking at the VERY END because what Angelina does is she lifts up her right arm and rests it on a ledge and she looks straight ahead pondering if it was alright or could she have done it better. She's amazing.
I know you've done NGT and this (which is really her most amazing of them all) you really should check out the song just prior to all of those you've done, that being AJ at 6 years old in her first studio appearance singing, "I (Who Have Nothing)". I suspect it was a warm up for her family to see if they thought she was ready for what was to come, so they presented her with a studio for the first time. Watching her almost immediately move from apprehensiveness with the first line to the joy of actually jumping up and down and smiling gleefully at the end of the second, indicating that she realized she had nothing to fear, is a fascinating sight. A few lines later and she's actually giving a thumbs up to her family indicating 'she's got it!" You'd be remiss if you don't do that before your moving up in the years.
Great rxn. I've been waiting years for this one, ever since you reacted to Dimash with SOS. I knew I would see more shocked reactions. You always get "liked" before I press "play."
Terrific reaction. Our ability to watch AJ grow from a tiny six year old to the statuesque seventeen year old that she has become together with the anticipation of future greatness makes her whole story compelling. I love that you are exploring her early years. There are many choices between 8 years old and 10 years old. One of my favorites is "Feeling Good", ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html.
My thoughts on this performance. I love this performance so much. As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point. Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 17 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
A very interesting analysis, Nina, outside of the typical attempt to technically analyze something inexplicable. It's like seeing a Botticelli, a Velázquez or a Turner watercolor and trying to analyze them by explaining how they hold the brush or move their wrist, absurd, beauty is felt, it fills your soul, it cannot be explained. No one, in the entire history of music, has sung like this at the age of 9, this video should be a compulsory subject in all singing schools.
Her version of the Ella classic, Everytime We Say Goodbye, is not to be missed. She stands next to Ella in delivery elegant and deliberate and she’s frickin 10. The rooftop video.
If you want a progressiv view then you need to go back to the NGT year: "What a difference a day makes" from "Allsang på grensen" (Singalong on the boarder to Sweden). It is made one month after she won NGT. "Fly me to the moon" from The View on american TV 3 months after she won NGT. Then you may look at AJ performing for the Nobel Peace price laureates from desember 2014. And there are also some TV performances at Christmas time.
Nina, Nina. Your excitement was absolutely ENGAGING and DELIGHTFUL to watch!! This is HER band, they call her "The Boss". You should just feel free to stop whenever you want!! I mean, you were opening a GIFT that had so much to unpack, you loved everything you got! Your joy and excitement were palpable and contagious 🎉🎉. Angelina was just having the time if her life, living a dream come true, completely immersed in the moment, using every vocal ornament and technique freely, spontaneously because SHE CAN!! Singing her heart out, unabatedly being FREE!! And so, you listen to whatever parts you want to over again, stop when Angelina makes your heart skip a beat with her PRODIGY talent...(you have a great voice, BTW). We Angels can relate to the emotions she lavishes on her renditions, because she kindles the same in us all.. can't wait till you share more of the same!! So, see you on the flipside, RIGHT??? PEACE!! 🎉🔥🎇🎹🎷🎼🎶🎵🎧🎤
It is certainly one of the most viewed videos, Angelina amazing in a unique cover, at 9 years old I have never seen such a performance, she stands among the greatest jazz singers of the past and perhaps even greater than the present, excellent review Nina , good life, Massimo
Yes this definitely was a statement piece. This was Angelina saying that I'm more than just a child singer. The musical intelligence that she possessed at such an early age is quite simply mind blowing. Her keen sense of phrasing probably came from the study of all the jazz greats from a very early age. I believe she was 3 years old when she starting searching through RUclips for her inspirations.
Even at this age she does all her own arrangements. You saw her in the beginning, changing thing up and you see the Conductor smiling at the changes. Just Xlnt!….. SanJoséBob
Fabulous reaction Nina ! This is the song that set most vocal coaches , reactors and first time listeners on the Angelina Jordan journey and into the rabbit hole as we say ! This was an epic performance by a 9 year old who by the way arranged the song with the band on exactly how she wanted certain things done ! They call her the boss and rightly so ! Angelina's sense of musical arrangements and vocal composition is off the charts at this age and has continued to this day ! She has a true sense of who she is and what she wants to accomplish in her songs ! It's totally uncanny and I believe she is a prodigy of music ! So much to talk about this performance even though she is a child she manages to convey a professionally delivered performance so naturally ! She is fearless, sincere and passionate about her music and it's unbelievable to see this magnificent result ! I want to thank you personally for continuing your Angelina Jordan journey. You are the one of the finest vocal analysts on the RUclips channel and believe me, you are so much appreciated.! Keep posting Nina you are a pleasure to watch and listen to ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
@@ninaschofield I agree with everything @rongotwalt4487 wrote but ... your reaction is just not long enough! So much to discuss, so much left unsaid 😊 ... R (Australia)
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and communicates to them what she wants to do. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: ruclips.net/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/видео.html
Great reaction, isn't Angelina absolutely amazing , Angelina put a spell on you, i can see that, just as Angelina has done to everyone including me who listens to this Masterpiece, i believe it will go down in history as one of the best covers ever, enjoy the journey. 👹🌏
We've been waiting for this one, and you did not disappoint! To me, this is how the song was meant to be sung, even including the original by "Screamin" Jay. He had intended to sing this as a love song/ballad, but on the night of the original recording he and the band got pretty drunk at the studio and "Screamin Jay" was born.
I highly recommend that you watch the original by Screamin Jay Hawkins in 1956 from which AJ bases this interpretation of her own as all her covers are her own arrangements. What she wrote at the start are her own notes on the arrangement. I call AJ the Mozart of the voice.
Others have pointed out that Angelina was making changes at the first ... you see her writing down them .. and the band director smiling at the notes. I am 'told' that she arranged this herself. Shrug. I really think that when Prodigy is used for her .. that in this case it is correct.
THAT is a reaction! Love to see someone with the know like you have Nina watch this, it is very educating :) I think anyone with some talent for listening, and I mean really LISTENING to music will recognize how great Angelina is. All successful musicians will have this talent. A lot of people that for various reasons do not sing or play an instrument will have this listening talent. I think she will be the most loved singer of her time. ❤❤ I think Angelina is the singer's singer. By that I mean that she employs so many different techniques, dynamics and ornaments in her performances that you would need to know a bit about singing to appreciate it. Angelina always does it so tasteful too, never overcooked. As you hear more of her you'll find that she adapts her style to the message and style of each song she does. From the top of my head, she's done Jazz (she's the QUEEN of jazz!), blues, soul, country, folk, RDM, pop, rhytm'n'blues, and even a smidge of rap. Cheers Nina that was fun!
This is a masterpiece from little child Angelina 🔥fire she was 9 years young in this performance video from original Jay Hawkins 1956 her voice is out of this world 🌍so much,raspi,screaming,depth,emotions,feeling,mature,rich,and so much old soul in her body and voice incredible!!! I’ve never heard and seen anything like Angelina!! I doubt we ever will again either !!! 😮We need to support and protect her!!! She is Extraordinary thanks Nina 👍I loved i❤ I love❤everything about Angelina our barefoot Princess an Angel 😇and Queen of Jazz 🎙🎷🎺🎸🎼 is u beautiful,magical magnificent!!! She is untouchable! Nobody is like Angelina! Great voice Vokal Analyse Nina 👍👌Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️✌️🙏😇👍👋🏻🙋♂️
You are one of the very few who is paying attention to Angelina's outstanding breath control (at least for a 9 year old, as in this video). That last frase of the song without breath within in was a staggering 14 seconds.....
So glad to see you enjoying this one! I just puts a perma-grin on your face, doesn't it? It is bewilderingly good. So much so, that it is difficult to focus on any one thing because there are so many and they are connected. Our minds work at the level of arithmetic, maybe algebra, and here we watch her doing Fourier transformations on the fly. It truly is a thing of wonder to behold.
A playlist of AJs performances is found on the YT channel of Rusty Shackleford titled The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan All 132 Songs (up to Nov. 2020).
I just realized I've only commented on this video on Patreon. :) I'll take this occasion to point out the fabulous tenor sax solo that serves as the perfect foil to Angelina's performance. Norway has a strong jazz tradition. Suffice it to aay that the band keeps up with AJ every step of the way. One other thing you may have missed: Angelina is modifying her vibrato several times during her performance. A couple examples: 1) right after the sax solo, on the word "do", her vibrato is a minor third wide; 2) in the rubato section at the end, on "I don't care," Angelina changes the tempo of the vibrato to make her downward swoop more exciting. Great reaction, Nina!
Her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT made a big wave. Two years ago she did a gorgeous and intense revisit of it on her xmas show: ruclips.net/video/5hGMhP2iKD8/видео.html That one really shows the growth of her voice.
Excellent reaction/analysis to this EPIC performance by Angelina at barely 9 yo. I think this will shown in classes at music schools into the next century. Just sayin'!!!
Awesome reaction and breakdown to an Epic Performance! She had been working with this band by this time for some time. They know she knows what she wants on arrangements for each instrument and respects her wants and were at this time referring to her as Boss. When she was on NGT one of the Judges happened to stop by during the rehearsal of "Bang Bang" and at just turning 8 was giving direction to the base player and at that time knew she was the real deal. Check out "I'd Rather Go Blind", another jaw dropping performance. The crazy thing about this one, she is 12, but wasn't released until age 13, she is sitting down and leaning forward. Keep that in mind as you listen to it, especially near the end of the song. She does so many musical acrobats and doesn't take a breath for 15.3 seconds and a little one at that. Enjoy, looking forward to the reaction to "I'd Rather Go Blind", God Bless!
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's epic performance of this Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1950's classic (which she also produced) - at age 9. Even at this young age, the band members affectionately referred to Angelina as "The Boss". Highly recommend a couple of other Angelina gems between her winning AGT & this performance: What A Difference A Day Makes (performed outdoors at a Norwegian summer music festival) & her USA debut singing Fly Me To The Moon (on The View). Also at 9 years old Angelina released a book (making her the youngest published author in Norway). And around that time she had an interview with Anne Lindmo, NRK TV where Angelina reads from her diary (when she was 6) & explains why - to this day - she always sings barefoot. IMHO - as great a singer as Angelina is, she's even a better person. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Thanks for another fantastic reaction with so many passionate and informed comments. I would be happy if you stopped to explain what you hear in every syllable. I think you could have watched it over again at least three times before getting to the point of not stopping and then appreciating the entire composition as a whole. I would be right there with you for the entire journey. (Heck, make a Part 2 reaction.) A bit of historical writing on this song says Hawkins wrote it as a love song but influences from the producer turned it in to a theatrical phenomenon that Hawkins reproduced and exaggerated during years, if not decades, of live performances. I feel that Angelina read about this and turned the arrangement back, more like the original intention, while also also embracing Hawkins originally released version. An absolute genius prodigy. I hear at least two rates of vibrato, if not three or more. (How many accomplished adults can achieve that?)
so few commentators know that she is paying homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins, even when they do they dont realize the dynamics are echoing his. She is a real artist so she also does her own pieces, but go find Hawkins' doing this and see what she is really doing. But beyond her incredible technique and control there are two things that most impress me 1) that she knows and likes Screaming Jay... but 2) and MOST OF ALL, she is performing not as a diva but as a member of the band. Im so glad you mentioned this but I want to emphasize it. For so many great singers it is all about them. Angelina seems to always be about the music, even as a star, she becomes part of this band. I love it.
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice. She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
That was a fabulous reaction and commentary Nina, so much fun to watch a musically trained artist as yourself be taken aback by what this little cute 9 year old girl just did here. This is truly a masterpiece of music and has Angelina's fingerprints all over it. Her musicality is literally off the charts as is her talent. Again, this was such a joy to watch so much appreciation to you Nina for sharing with us all. Really looking forward to the next Angelina review. Might I suggest 10 year old Angelina Live on stage with another fabulous jazz band performing "Feeling Good". Simply another epic performance by this young lady: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html. Hope you will consider this one. Thank you.
Angelina has such an ease and stillness about her when she gets to the mic. She commands the room and then with that little smile she engages and invites you along. She Is going to be phenomenal. She just released a teaser, I about cried, she is driving no OMG, I still remember her barely able to climb up on to a tall stool now she is driving. 🥺You should do her two Songs she wrote, "7Th Heaven" and her tribute to her grandfather she wrote just after he passed "Million Miles". Thanks for sharing your journey.
I'm glad you liked it. When you stated you would listen through, then go back and Anylize I cheered!! Then you changed your mind and chopped the rest of the song into confetti. I guess I just enjoy seeing reactions more than instructions. Reactions are enjoyable. Instructions are informative. But this old man is not aspiring to be a singer, so lost on me.
Nina, wonderful reaction. If I may suggest the next song be I'm Still Holding Out For You, Age 10. This is a song that most people have never heard of. Another masterpiece by this incredible young woman. You will be stunned, I guarantee it.
I think this video has the most reaction faces I've ever done!!
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Some news from Norway, Angelina Jordan - Love don't let me go, release may 5th , original song by AJ
That is the magic of Angelina Jordan Astar ❤️
Nina, you might want to put together a RUclips Short featuring all your reaction faces from this video. It would be fun!
Hello Nina, Angelina dropped her new single last and I can't wait for you to check it out.
I hope you know the story behind her performing barefooted.
within 5 minutes the crew were calling her Boss and rightly so
This was Angelina’s arrangement. Those written notes you saw her making? And the band director reading and smiling? Those were last minute adjustments that Angelina wanted! The band gave her the nickname “The Boss”!
Oh i love that!
@@ninaschofield Yes, Not bad for a 9.2 yr old....Amazing talent aka old soul / born again etc.
She also makes all of her own clothing and she performs in!
@@ninaschofield ❤everything you do. As far as vocal coaches it's you The Fairy Voice Mother and The Charismatic Voice that are my go-to professionals for analysis. I'd love to get your take on AJ at age 15 in this video singing Easy On Me. Now I love Adel but IMHO I think AJ's subtle choices in the delivery of this song has me loving it even more then the original. Hope you react/review this soon & let us know were you stand on this brilliant cover. Cheers 😍
Angelina Jordan - Easy On Me (Adele Cover) Live From Studio
ruclips.net/video/Mpw5Q76hWWE/видео.html
@@robmarar yea love all those. Rhebecca rva too and Beth roars, Julie Nixon Jvox. Nina great analysis and love seeing you get less shy .love your reaction on stop the things you do
More of that Nina, go for it . all have there own styles, some common things but some other each spot that others don't & vice versa so it's such an education. Aj is fantastic, and it's musicality and good research & influences
.she apparently studied up on the earlier singers version
Glad you like the arrangement! Angelina did that. That was her in the beginning making changes for the band.
This is why we are so mesmerized by AJ.
It would take several classroom sessions to break this performance down. Your excitement while watching and listening to this was infectious ❤❤❤
Takes me back to 1930's Jazz. She has a old soul.
Nina, she gets it, period. And gives it back strong, exclamation point! An "artist".
Masterclass. Musicians have been calling her the boss since she was 8. She is incredibly musically empathetic. She not only has perfect pitch but an innate response to music that cannot be taught.
I think she exhausted all possibilities of the voice in that single performance. I never thought a voice could be that versatile.
Way above average critique/reaction. Years and years from now when Angelina looks back at her career she can be very proud of this extraordinary, prodigy performance
At only a few seconds in you already said "there's so much to talk about". Just from a couple of lines Angelina can give you lots to analyze. She packs so much detail into every word. ...and somehow manages to never overdo it. She does a lot with a lyric, but every detail seems to have a purpose. Her phrasing and timing are just genius. You asked how much say Angelina has... she has said that she does all her arrangements herself, and many band members she has worked with (including some world class legends) have been blown away by her musical intelligence. Her album is releasing very soon! Get ready world, here she comes!
Well, just connected to support what she’s doing 100 times
Have you seen I'm Holding Out For You?
Angelina is the GOAT 😂
Masterpiece
I figure I must have watched this 500 times by now.. and it never get's tiring. It helps of course that watching first time reactor's faces is priceless. As for the arrangement, she has complete control over her own arrangement, but she does have input on the Band's as well. There is actually a Video out there showing her working with this same band on a different song "Portrait of a Child". But over all I think the instrumentation is a group effort.
Oh fantastic, thanks for the info and for watching for the 501st time with me Jonathan! :)
What I love is at the end, her rising her hand to her chin and you can see her thinking, how could I have did it better.
Beautiful reaction, loving and a great breakdown.
Nina, my co-commenters did the most work here, thanks to all of you angels.
The musicians knew when she began to sing (at the latest) who she was. She was their national treasure and renown genius of musical instinct and they nicknamed her very lovingly THE BOSS. You saw her in the beginning writing the final arrangements, gave it to the bandleader with a humble "those are my wishes". You saw his reaction. From her sound booth she directed the whole thing.
Be safe and sound.
Elmar from Germany
Angelina is the goddess of music and vocal, all is perfect on point, her arrangement, the music, her voice is heavenly..absolutly outstanding 👑♥️🌹💫i love your reaction 😊
You'll find that in many, many of Angelina's arrangements, that she chooses an instrument to closely emulate the sound of with her voice and kind of 'duet' with...she seems to do this to tie the whole thing together and become part of the song
You should respond more. Angelina has so many shades in her voice that you haven't listened to yet, it's a shame to miss it, because very soon she is going to release her first record... 🦶🦶 👑 🗣🎙🎷She organizes her music including the one you just heard...
She wrote the arrangement. She was handing the band leader her final notes.
Fierce Masterpiece! Fearless, timeless and ageless. Wonderful ❣️
Legendary
Thank you Nina. If you know Screaming Jay Hawkings' original (I'm sure you do), you will know how wild it is. Angelina has packaged that wildness into a jazzy, sassy, tour de force of a musical performance that brings in so many references. The Middle-Eastern touch in the final section and the nod to Hawkings' operatic training, for example. That last note was 14 full seconds of beautifully sustained vibrato. And at the end, you can see her thinking, 'Not bad, but ... ' Pure genius, cannot be explained.
Yes she are copying Skreaming Jay Hawking wilderness ❤
Yes , I am so impressed by her self-judgment when she is done singing !
To me CCR, Credences version is the best. John Fogertys gritty soulful voice is perfect for this song. Screaming Jay Hawkins said CCR owns the song.
@@Mark-iv7np, well Hawkins passed on 15 years before Angelina covered this and I think his opinion would have changed, and you think CCR really needs to be defended against a 9 year old? A shame you didn’t even mention Angelina’s performance but chose to cast shade on her….and I’ll just add that Angelina’s version is the closest to Screaming Jays ever recorded and I like CCR but they did water it down, there is no logical comparison.
@@Mark-iv7np Please post a source for your assertion that Screamin' Jay Hawkins said CCR owns the song?
Angelina Jordan holds up a picture of Screamin Jay Hawkins. He is the one who wrote the original song. The question is how can a nine-year-old little girl be able to convey a song of this maturity to bring out emotions that she has never experienced? I enjoy watching people experience this song for the first time. Angelina Jordan has Put a Spell on everyone. With her amazing voice and control over any song that she sings is amazing. Angelina has full control over all the arrangements that she does.
Nina, thanks for this wonderful and amazed (it's normal to happen!) reaction, this song is one of the important steps to understand the singularity of Angelina's talent. It's unreal like her, from a very young person, she choice to use her incredible passion and understanding through music in a splendid way, especially for these legendary songs. She is definitely the only 9-year-old girl who understands and has the courage and the ability to sing this song from Screaming' Jay, so imbued with his power, and reorganize it according to her musical sensibility and vision (her written notes that she has on the lectern and which she also gives to the band director at the beginning of the video). I sincerely believe that this it's the most beautiful version of this song, over 60 years since it was written and there are much of versions of it, also sung by great singers. 💛🧡❤
Thanks so much for watching and enjoying this amazing vocal with me!
Perhaps ’…she chose…’
The difference from her as 13 in the AGT to now when she is 17 is incredible so you got a lot to look forward to.
it is literally the best arrangement of this song. bringing all of the elements of the original but re-organizing the chaos into this beautiful masterpiece
Thank you Nina for your detailed reaction and thank you for not watching it before the reaction. This is a mind blowing performance for me that this combined with Bohemian Rhapsody brought me right into Angelina’s world and I am looking forward to more of your insights. There is so much more brilliance to come.
Angelina sings this like a scorned woman, she means it!! SHE'S NINE!!
The girl with a 1000 voices ❤️ You will find that out later when you have gone through her catalogue of music ❤️ This was kinda Angelina in beastmode at the age of 9 ❤️ If you have not seen her feeling good cover at age 10, Her cover of Rihannas Stay at age 12, I recommend you them 2 👍❤️
Here is the link to FG at a TV charity event: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
Nina, love your reaction/analysis of Angelina. If you are 8intrigues, as we are, of her early development, you may want to see her first studio session "I who have nothing". Be sure to turn on subtitles and watch all the way to the end. You will see that she was literally born with this talent. Cheers from Arkansas, USA.
Angelina is a master class vocalist and I do not think she has an equal on stage today. No autotune here!
Young musical genius strikes !!!
She is a musical genius, you could never teach a normal 9 year old child to sing like that, the most amazing musical performance I've ever heard. If she was thirty years old it would only be a very good performance but considering her age its unparalleled! Amazing
Absolutely phenomenal performance from our barefoot Viking , Angelina at 9 years old actually arranges this rendition herself, she is paying tribute to the original artist Screaming J Hawkins a blues musician from the 1950s , Angelina is commanding the performance she is the boss, I’ve listened to Angelina’s take on this song hundreds of times and to me it’s still absolutely amazing incredible, great reaction thanks 🙏
Yes. Aged 9. Simply amazing. The written notes you see her handing to the band were her instructions about how she wanted the arrangement to go. This band, and others working with her in these early days / years, used to ( affectionately ) call her 'The Boss', mostly because of her musical intelligence and her already clearly developed vision of how she wanted her Covers to be performed.
This was the most shocking performance from a child I've seen this interpretation of this song rivals any I've heard .watching your expression was a lot of fun ,thumbs up to you 👍
Some of the things she did showed her familiarity with the original version by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, who's face was on the candle she was holding at the beginning.
I never tire of this masterpiece! Mind blowing on every level.
You should hear her in studio at 6 yrs old recording I Who Have Nothing!!!
Did you notice how she used two different styles of vibrato at the end (the a cappella part) when she sang, "I don't caaaare…"? In the first half of the word "care", she is using her typical slow, wide vibrato, and then in the second half switches to a quicker, tighter, somewhat "choppier" version. Later she would develop an even quicker vibrato that she used at the beginning of her "Heal the World" cover (a quick nod to Michael Jackson's vocal style right off the bat), and then went even further with it in her most recent covers (studio and live) of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" last year (especially the final "held" note at the end of her lilve performance at _Allsang på Grensen_ - all of the things I'm referring to are on her Official channel, BTW). I'm no vocal expert, but I'd imagine it's harder to alter your natural vibrato (epsecially in multiple different ways) than, say, the timbre of your voice. Thoughts?
Angelina doing what she does. Taking an iconic song, rearranging it herself, giving us absolute authenticity for the genre, and killing, murdering the performance. At 9 years old. Easily one of my favorite videos of all time. This is not just great singing for a kid. It’s great singing that could be included on any collection of old school blues. We’re so blown away by everything she does here that it’s hard to give special attention to individual skills, but her timing with that live band is immaculate. She rides that beat fluidly and effortlessly like she’s been singing in jazz clubs for decades.
She will surprise you again and again, just like today-and you haven’t even heard her older performances. Maybe stick with some more jazzy singing and move on to 10 year old Angelina covering “Feelin Good”. It is, again, one of the best, most original, covers of that classic you’ll ever hear regardless of age-by the best singer I’ve ever heard. There are two different live performances, at 10, that will blow you away. Here’s a link to Angelina with a full band behind her: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
As the 8 year and 4 months old Angelina blew us all away with her winning performance of "Summertime", what evolvement should we expect during the next 6 - 8 months from this child. An amazingly gifted child, but still; - a child. Well as she "fell in to" study of the music from "Screamin`Jay Hawkin", I guess we see the result just here. As Angelina goes straight to the main source, she make sure to pick up on the intentions and the soul of a song. Even for this one. Hawkin`s performance -s for sure are super theatrical and funny, and even a bit sceary I would think, to a young girl at 8 - 9 yo.
Angelina BTW obviously had a great time watching and analysing his song, though even never ment for a child anyway. Angelina still is abel to go behind all the sceary stuff, all the smoke and firworks, and she uncover the song behind it all. What it is all about. And she gives it her heart.
I guess I`ve seen and heard this performance at least half a thousand times during these last 7 years since release, and still I only enjoy it more and more, as I understand less and less about how she possibly could bring such a performance to life at all, at her age. I dear say, no adult person would even seriously ever initiate such a performance for this angel of music and humanity. Would they?? This is the soul-work of Angelina`s musical mind and her immensly gift, her instrument, her voice-tool.
I cannot wait to see her reaction to I'M STILL HOLDING OUT FOR YOU... "demo" recording.
Just shy of age 11.
Hello Nina, with 9 years already a masterpiece of singing. Here you can, you have to, enjoy every second.
You like Angelina's lower range?
- How great thou art 13 years old - ruclips.net/video/WLAEy1LIHrc/видео.html - well known by Elvis
And the following song is also extraordinary:
- I’d rather go blind 12 years old - ruclips.net/video/pK8mMXQb3_I/видео.html - Angelina on a sofa testing a new microphone, Etta James cover
Thank you for this great reaction and
Greetings from Germany
Thanks, Nina! Shocking to say the least! In the beginning you saw the musical director handed a sheet of paper. It contained changes Angelina wanted the band to make before recording the video. Yes, she began rearranging classic songs already from when she was 9. An analogy I could make about listening to her is when our mom's were stewing a bowl of soup on the stove and when no one was looking we would get a piece of bread or just a soup spoon and dip in into the pot to taste the soup. We would swallow it and think, "My goodness, this is delicious! How does mom do it?" Nina, all of us fit into that category but, Nina, folks like you are like chefs in my story and not only do you love the taste of the soup but you can taste the hints of rosemary, and garlic, and parsley, and sweet onions, etc., you get the idea. Nina, I always point out to everyone when you watch it again keep looking at the VERY END because what Angelina does is she lifts up her right arm and rests it on a ledge and she looks straight ahead pondering if it was alright or could she have done it better. She's amazing.
Thanks for watching! Love your analogy 👩🏼🍳 🎶
Musical HISTORY! Nothing less....
I will never get tired of watching people be blown away by this performance.🤗
"The Boss" always brings her best.
I know you've done NGT and this (which is really her most amazing of them all) you really should check out the song just prior to all of those you've done, that being AJ at 6 years old in her first studio appearance singing, "I (Who Have Nothing)". I suspect it was a warm up for her family to see if they thought she was ready for what was to come, so they presented her with a studio for the first time. Watching her almost immediately move from apprehensiveness with the first line to the joy of actually jumping up and down and smiling gleefully at the end of the second, indicating that she realized she had nothing to fear, is a fascinating sight. A few lines later and she's actually giving a thumbs up to her family indicating 'she's got it!" You'd be remiss if you don't do that before your moving up in the years.
Great rxn. I've been waiting years for this one, ever since you reacted to Dimash with SOS. I knew I would see more shocked reactions. You always get "liked" before I press "play."
Terrific reaction. Our ability to watch AJ grow from a tiny six year old to the statuesque seventeen year old that she has become together with the anticipation of future greatness makes her whole story compelling.
I love that you are exploring her early years. There are many choices between 8 years old and 10 years old. One of my favorites is "Feeling Good", ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html.
My thoughts on this performance.
I love this performance so much. As they say AJ don't play. We get the most stunning, amazing performance of a 9 yr old of this Jazz standard ever created. I believe it is going to go down in Jazz & Music history as the best ever for this age and in my opinion the best rendition of this song ever created Screamin Jay included. It will be revisited for Decades and will remain relevant for Generations to come. Anyone who discovers this performance for the first time today or a 100 years from today are going to be as amazed and astounded as everybody has been to this point.
Think of the children who will be inspired by this one performance in the decades to come. This is an Iconic performance and will always be Iconic. Angelina has on her own from early on at 6 or 7 yrs old reintroduced what I believe will be a whole new Jazz Era and redefined by this young phenom and prodigy. That is astounding! And she is just 17 years old... That is unfathomable. She has already established her proficiency and incredible work ethic in this endeavor guided by an incredible family and professional support now surrounding her.
You just watched a Masterpiece! Destined to go down in Music History as the best performance by a 9 yr old, Period! Past, present & dare I say Future! I'd like to see anyone, young or old who can do a cover of this & with the justice it deserves as Angelina has done on every cover she does. ♥👣👸🏻
A very interesting analysis, Nina, outside of the typical attempt to technically analyze something inexplicable. It's like seeing a Botticelli, a Velázquez or a Turner watercolor and trying to analyze them by explaining how they hold the brush or move their wrist, absurd, beauty is felt, it fills your soul, it cannot be explained. No one, in the entire history of music, has sung like this at the age of 9, this video should be a compulsory subject in all singing schools.
Her version of the Ella classic, Everytime We Say Goodbye, is not to be missed. She stands next to Ella in delivery elegant and deliberate and she’s frickin 10. The rooftop video.
If you want a progressiv view then you need to go back to the NGT year:
"What a difference a day makes" from "Allsang på grensen" (Singalong on the boarder to Sweden). It is made one month after she won NGT.
"Fly me to the moon" from The View on american TV 3 months after she won NGT.
Then you may look at AJ performing for the Nobel Peace price laureates from desember 2014.
And there are also some TV performances at Christmas time.
Nina, Nina. Your excitement was absolutely ENGAGING and DELIGHTFUL to watch!! This is HER band, they call her "The Boss".
You should just feel free to stop whenever you want!! I mean, you were opening a GIFT that had so much to unpack, you loved everything you got! Your joy and excitement were palpable and contagious 🎉🎉. Angelina was just having the time if her life, living a dream come true, completely immersed in the moment, using every vocal ornament and technique freely, spontaneously because SHE CAN!! Singing her heart out, unabatedly being FREE!! And so, you listen to whatever parts you want to over again, stop when Angelina makes your heart skip a beat with her PRODIGY talent...(you have a great voice, BTW). We Angels can relate to the emotions she lavishes on her renditions, because she kindles the same in us all.. can't wait till you share more of the same!! So, see you on the flipside, RIGHT???
PEACE!! 🎉🔥🎇🎹🎷🎼🎶🎵🎧🎤
Thank you so much! ❤
And it is now official.... NINA is the last major reactor to review THIS video !!!!
Better last than never....
Just ahead of Angelina dropping the new album made it perfect 😊
And she did it so well, I think. It will be a pleasure to follow her with Angelina.
It is certainly one of the most viewed videos, Angelina amazing in a unique cover, at 9 years old I have never seen such a performance, she stands among the greatest jazz singers of the past and perhaps even greater than the present, excellent review Nina , good life, Massimo
Yes this definitely was a statement piece. This was Angelina saying that I'm more than just a child singer. The musical intelligence that she possessed at such an early age is quite simply mind blowing. Her keen sense of phrasing probably came from the study of all the jazz greats from a very early age. I believe she was 3 years old when she starting searching through RUclips for her inspirations.
I love watching people reacting to this performance, it never disappoints! 😁
Even at this age she does all her own arrangements. You saw her in the beginning, changing thing up and you see the Conductor smiling at the changes. Just Xlnt!….. SanJoséBob
Fabulous reaction Nina ! This is the song that set most vocal coaches , reactors and first time listeners on the Angelina Jordan journey and into the rabbit hole as we say ! This was an epic performance by a 9 year old who by the way arranged the song with the band on exactly how she wanted certain things done ! They call her the boss and rightly so ! Angelina's sense of musical arrangements and vocal composition is off the charts at this age and has continued to this day ! She has a true sense of who she is and what she wants to accomplish in her songs ! It's totally uncanny and I believe she is a prodigy of music ! So much to talk about this performance even though she is a child she manages to convey a professionally delivered performance so naturally ! She is fearless, sincere and passionate about her music and it's unbelievable to see this magnificent result ! I want to thank you personally for continuing your Angelina Jordan journey. You are the one of the finest vocal analysts on the RUclips channel and believe me, you are so much appreciated.! Keep posting Nina you are a pleasure to watch and listen to ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so very much!! 😊
@@ninaschofield I agree with everything @rongotwalt4487 wrote but ... your reaction is just not long enough! So much to discuss, so much left unsaid 😊 ... R (Australia)
Love this reaction! So great to hear a professional's assessment of a young talent
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and communicates to them what she wants to do. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: ruclips.net/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/видео.html
yes, Agelina is the head of the band, incredible!
Great reaction, isn't Angelina absolutely amazing , Angelina put a spell on you, i can see that, just as Angelina has done to everyone including me who listens to this Masterpiece, i believe it will go down in history as one of the best covers ever, enjoy the journey. 👹🌏
We've been waiting for this one, and you did not disappoint! To me, this is how the song was meant to be sung, even including the original by "Screamin" Jay. He had intended to sing this as a love song/ballad, but on the night of the original recording he and the band got pretty drunk at the studio and "Screamin Jay" was born.
I highly recommend that you watch the original by Screamin Jay Hawkins in 1956 from which AJ bases this interpretation of her own as all her covers are her own arrangements. What she wrote at the start are her own notes on the arrangement. I call AJ the Mozart of the voice.
Her nickname is the boss with all who’re interacting with her during the production and performance of her video’s!!
Others have pointed out that Angelina was making changes at the first ... you see her writing down them .. and the band director smiling at the notes. I am 'told' that she arranged this herself. Shrug. I really think that when Prodigy is used for her .. that in this case it is correct.
THAT is a reaction! Love to see someone with the know like you have Nina watch this, it is very educating :) I think anyone with some talent for listening, and I mean really LISTENING to music will recognize how great Angelina is. All successful musicians will have this talent. A lot of people that for various reasons do not sing or play an instrument will have this listening talent. I think she will be the most loved singer of her time. ❤❤
I think Angelina is the singer's singer. By that I mean that she employs so many different techniques, dynamics and ornaments in her performances that you would need to know a bit about singing to appreciate it. Angelina always does it so tasteful too, never overcooked. As you hear more of her you'll find that she adapts her style to the message and style of each song she does. From the top of my head, she's done Jazz (she's the QUEEN of jazz!), blues, soul, country, folk, RDM, pop, rhytm'n'blues, and even a smidge of rap.
Cheers Nina that was fun!
Thank you so much for watching and enjoying this with me!
Thumbs up for one of the best reactions I've ever witnessed. Angelina is top notched and so are you Nina.
So kind of you, thank you 😊
Surprised it took this long for you to get to this!!!!!
😀😀😀😀😀greetings from Poland
This is a masterpiece from little child Angelina 🔥fire she was 9 years young in this performance video from original Jay Hawkins 1956 her voice is out of this world 🌍so much,raspi,screaming,depth,emotions,feeling,mature,rich,and so much old soul in her body and voice incredible!!! I’ve never heard and seen anything like Angelina!! I doubt we ever will again either !!! 😮We need to support and protect her!!! She is Extraordinary thanks Nina 👍I loved i❤ I love❤everything about Angelina our barefoot Princess an Angel 😇and Queen of Jazz 🎙🎷🎺🎸🎼 is u beautiful,magical magnificent!!! She is untouchable! Nobody is like Angelina! Great voice Vokal Analyse Nina 👍👌Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️✌️🙏😇👍👋🏻🙋♂️
You are one of the very few who is paying attention to Angelina's outstanding breath control (at least for a 9 year old, as in this video). That last frase of the song without breath within in was a staggering 14 seconds.....
So glad to see you enjoying this one! I just puts a perma-grin on your face, doesn't it? It is bewilderingly good. So much so, that it is difficult to focus on any one thing because there are so many and they are connected. Our minds work at the level of arithmetic, maybe algebra, and here we watch her doing Fourier transformations on the fly. It truly is a thing of wonder to behold.
A playlist of AJs performances is found on the YT channel of Rusty Shackleford titled The Complete Works of Angelina Jordan All 132 Songs (up to Nov. 2020).
Well over 200+ songs now John, includes YT, Tiktok and IG as well.
Thank you for this great reaction! there is still SO MUCH for you to discover from her!
I just realized I've only commented on this video on Patreon. :) I'll take this occasion to point out the fabulous tenor sax solo that serves as the perfect foil to Angelina's performance. Norway has a strong jazz tradition. Suffice it to aay that the band keeps up with AJ every step of the way. One other thing you may have missed: Angelina is modifying her vibrato several times during her performance. A couple examples: 1) right after the sax solo, on the word "do", her vibrato is a minor third wide; 2) in the rubato section at the end, on "I don't care," Angelina changes the tempo of the vibrato to make her downward swoop more exciting. Great reaction, Nina!
A barefoot and future queen of jazz loved you're reaction thanks nina
Her cover of Bohemian Rhapsody on AGT made a big wave. Two years ago she did a gorgeous and intense revisit of it on her xmas show: ruclips.net/video/5hGMhP2iKD8/видео.html
That one really shows the growth of her voice.
The I don't care" at the end: Marlene Ditrich in Lili Marleen.
Excellent reaction/analysis to this EPIC performance by Angelina at barely 9 yo. I think this will shown in classes at music schools into the next century. Just sayin'!!!
Then at 10, she made an amazing performance of Feeling Good, Live at the Stream Gir Tilbake: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html
Thank you, Nina, for your amazing reaction. I have been addicted to this very performance for years now. Still have not enough to listen to it again:)
Awesome reaction and breakdown to an Epic Performance! She had been working with this band by this time for some time. They know she knows what she wants on arrangements for each instrument and respects her wants and were at this time referring to her as Boss. When she was on NGT one of the Judges happened to stop by during the rehearsal of "Bang Bang" and at just turning 8 was giving direction to the base player and at that time knew she was the real deal. Check out "I'd Rather Go Blind", another jaw dropping performance. The crazy thing about this one, she is 12, but wasn't released until age 13, she is sitting down and leaning forward. Keep that in mind as you listen to it, especially near the end of the song. She does so many musical acrobats and doesn't take a breath for 15.3 seconds and a little one at that. Enjoy, looking forward to the reaction to "I'd Rather Go Blind", God Bless!
Thanks for another great reaction to & appreciation of Angelina's epic performance of this Screamin' Jay Hawkins 1950's classic (which she also produced) - at age 9. Even at this young age, the band members affectionately referred to Angelina as "The Boss". Highly recommend a couple of other Angelina gems between her winning AGT & this performance: What A Difference A Day Makes (performed outdoors at a Norwegian summer music festival) & her USA debut singing Fly Me To The Moon (on The View). Also at 9 years old Angelina released a book (making her the youngest published author in Norway). And around that time she had an interview with Anne Lindmo, NRK TV where Angelina reads from her diary (when she was 6) & explains why - to this day - she always sings barefoot. IMHO - as great a singer as Angelina is, she's even a better person. Thank you. And may GOD continue to watch over & bless Angelina Jordan.
Thanks for another fantastic reaction with so many passionate and informed comments. I would be happy if you stopped to explain what you hear in every syllable. I think you could have watched it over again at least three times before getting to the point of not stopping and then appreciating the entire composition as a whole. I would be right there with you for the entire journey. (Heck, make a Part 2 reaction.)
A bit of historical writing on this song says Hawkins wrote it as a love song but influences from the producer turned it in to a theatrical phenomenon that Hawkins reproduced and exaggerated during years, if not decades, of live performances. I feel that Angelina read about this and turned the arrangement back, more like the original intention, while also also embracing Hawkins originally released version. An absolute genius prodigy.
I hear at least two rates of vibrato, if not three or more. (How many accomplished adults can achieve that?)
so few commentators know that she is paying homage to Screaming Jay Hawkins, even when they do they dont realize the dynamics are echoing his. She is a real artist so she also does her own pieces, but go find Hawkins' doing this and see what she is really doing. But beyond her incredible technique and control there are two things that most impress me 1) that she knows and likes Screaming Jay... but 2) and MOST OF ALL, she is performing not as a diva but as a member of the band. Im so glad you mentioned this but I want to emphasize it. For so many great singers it is all about them. Angelina seems to always be about the music, even as a star, she becomes part of this band. I love it.
A barefoot princess with a hypnotic voice.
She was only 9 years old when she performed this song. It is her tribute to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, an American singer/songwriter. He wrote and performed it in 1956 and Angelina based her performance on the original, although she did make some subtle alterations to both lyrics and melody. As you continue your journey of discovering Angelina, you will come to realise that she does her own arrangements of most of the cover songs she sings. The differences may not be immediately discernible on first listening to them, but they are there. There may be a subtle change in tempo or tone, or more inflexion on some words, or a phrase may differ in pitch from the original. The amount of control that Angelina has over her voice cannot be measured. She never hurries a song. She sings in such a way that the emotions in the lyrics are felt by the listener. In this video did you notice:Angelina finishing some notes and handing them to the pianist, who smiled as he read them? They were her wishes (instructions) to the band how she wished therm to play the music. In the band, she was called a boss.
That was a fabulous reaction and commentary Nina, so much fun to watch a musically trained artist as yourself be taken aback by what this little cute 9 year old girl just did here. This is truly a masterpiece of music and has Angelina's fingerprints all over it. Her musicality is literally off the charts as is her talent. Again, this was such a joy to watch so much appreciation to you Nina for sharing with us all. Really looking forward to the next Angelina review. Might I suggest 10 year old Angelina Live on stage with another fabulous jazz band performing "Feeling Good". Simply another epic performance by this young lady: ruclips.net/video/p8kAL-sGJx8/видео.html. Hope you will consider this one. Thank you.
Angelina has such an ease and stillness about her when she gets to the mic. She commands the room and then with that little smile she engages and invites you along. She Is going to be phenomenal. She just released a teaser, I about cried, she is driving no OMG, I still remember her barely able to climb up on to a tall stool now she is driving. 🥺You should do her two Songs she wrote, "7Th Heaven" and her tribute to her grandfather she wrote just after he passed "Million Miles". Thanks for sharing your journey.
I'm glad you liked it.
When you stated you would listen through, then go back and Anylize I cheered!! Then you changed your mind and chopped the rest of the song into confetti.
I guess I just enjoy seeing reactions more than instructions. Reactions are enjoyable. Instructions are informative. But this old man is not aspiring to be a singer, so lost on me.
Thank you 🙏 This is already a Angelina Classic now! Outstanding masterpiece by her!👌💫❤️
Great reaction..Nina! Yeah..Angelina made history here.
Nina, wonderful reaction. If I may suggest the next song be I'm Still Holding Out For You, Age 10. This is a song that most people have never heard of. Another masterpiece by this incredible young woman. You will be stunned, I guarantee it.
I second that! A potential number one hit that never was (more of a demo song, never marketed or widely spread).