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3is the third in a four-part series centered on Colliers interests in harmony, global music, and collaboration.
But hes not stressing over the reason.
As far as Im concerned, Collier adds, I just make the music that I want to hear.
And each of the albums is a completely different universe from the next.Djesse Vol.
2was much more of a folk-based acoustic space.Djesse Vol.
It seems like the collaborations really blew up on this album.
How did you get everyone onboard?I have to pinch myself sometimes still.
I met Daniel Caesar more than a year ago.
Since then, we kept in touch, so we got together and wrote Time Alone With You.
He sent me this crazy video back of all these tracks hed been recording and all these vocal layers.
I completely geeked out.
Some of these people Ive never worked with before.
Would you be up for making something together?
Heres a song I wrote.
Youve won four Grammys in the arrangement categories.
I made these YouTube videos from home with multiple Jacobs playing different instruments.
I would put it in a different context.
That approach seems to influence how you blend genres.
It was interesting to see All I Need pop up in the R&B category.
As far as where I stand within that, Im just honored to be a part of it.
It is important to recognize that a Grammy is not the be-all and end-all for a musician.
Your press release said thatDjesse Vol.
3is the only Album of the Year nomination not to have charted on The Billboard 200.
4look like, form-wise, for you?Its morphing every day.
I think the idea withVol.
4will be to somehow bring them together.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
