Want a testament to how Incredible she is? It appears that some of the best musicians in the world are thrilled to play with her. I believe that's Jimmy Z on sax, and it doesn't get much better than that. She attracks the very best, and then she gives the very best. Stunning!!
This is far and away my favorite. He voice has a sound that I’ve not heard before. I love it. ❤ And the quality of this production, with superb world class musicians and technicians it’s what I want.
this rendition gives me the old time Doris Day, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Hepburn feel, I personally love it, she is so talented, she always surprises, you gotta love her. I sure do
I love all Angelina’s voices. It would be amazing to go to one of her concerts in which she used all her different voices-I love this smooth tone , so beautiful
Angelina recreates cover songs that she performs, and makes them better. You can never be surprised at her different tones, styles, registers, etc. There is a reason why she is called the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices!
It's like she's talking to herself in her car, really driving somewhere.......only she's singing it. I'm surprised she doesn't 'sing' everything she says !😊
We don't call her the girl with 1000 voices for nothing. She reached down deep in the bag and pulled out a completely different gorgeous tone and tempo. Stunning. She is the goat, no question. Pretty sure the rest of the EP are performances from her pay per view 2021 Christmas performance.
Love love love this song! This song just isn't played here in the states much. If I was driving home for Christmas, I would be taking the longest route I could find, just to listen to these Christmas songs by Angelina.
Angelina is so creative... I like all the songs on the EP equally. She is a master in putting her own signature on every song she takes on. And when that song happens to be a cover she will always do it with the ultimate respect for the orginal.
Love love this! She have these thousands voices! She have sing this way back before ex moon river and some Frank S songs. Thank you for an always wonderful reaction!🥰💫💎👌❤️
I can’t recall any other Christmas singer with a sound like this. Not sure about this song but all of the rest were taken from her pay per view special two years ago age 15. Jimmy Z was the sax player and Sinatras piano player, Rob Christy on Guitar and a few other old school people from Sinatra and other classic performers.
This proves the 1000 voice moniker she's been given. It sets her apart from the singers she gets compared to. They didn't and don't have the ability to sing with so many different styles, they had and have natural limitations. I love the soothing emotion this song has. It has little bit of a Sade Adu sound.
You're right, here's another aspect of Angelina Jordan's multi-faceted musical talent. For me, it's a little marvel that will live long in my memory. The more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it, and the more impressed I am by this young woman's musical sense, right from her very beginning. Perfect marriage between her voice and the instrumentalists, notably the saxophonist. Once again, AJ has surrounded herself with excellent musicians. The quality of her interpretations has always attracted the best. Thank you for your always interesting comments.
I think this introductory song on the EP gets us in the Christmas spirit and also set the mood for the sophisticated jazz vibe on other songs. I like her choice of this voice (out of her 1,000 available) which gives us nostalgic, almost dreamy, thoughts of Christmases that we want to remember. The back and forth between Angelina and the sax is beautiful. My favorite on the EP is The Christmas Song. Angelina shares the time with that great jazz band you would listen to even if Angelina wasn’t singing. It’s just beautiful Christmas music, and Angelina makes another classic song her own with easy jazz that’s from the last century.
This sound like a Nashville version of a jazz song. This is not a negative comment but a feeling. A very high quality version that will please everyone whatever the age group or the musical genre they like.
There are so many '70s vibes in this Christmas EP. I like the gentle approach here. Her voice is gorgeous no matter what style she's singing in. Great reaction, YOSC! I'll recommend The Christmas Song next. Happy Holiday Season to you!
I would say that the song calls for a relaxing vocal it's with the background and meaning of the song. The song is about someone driving home for Christmas with a thousand memories, memories = dreams = relaxing dreamy vocal.
I love the caressing laid back vibe of this one as well. it's something I can listen to on repeat. The rest of the songs on the ep are the same songs from her Christmas concert of 2021. THis song was the only recently recorded one on the EP. Just so you know. ;)
As always, Angelina sings to serve the song! BTW, please react to her very recent performance of "Unchained Melody" at the Nobel Peace Prize Presentation.
The whole EP is great, but I've heard the other songs many times, even though Angelina's versions are a cut above the rest, and the musicians are a real class act. But "Driving Home for Christmas" is fresh and new (for me). The saxophone intro sets the mood and then Angelina's velvety tone takes it to a whole other level. The interplay between her voice and the sax throughout the song is something I want to listen to over and over again. I bought the EP on iTunes as soon as it came out and burned it to CD. Now I can play it in the car, and also on any of my iPod stations throughout the house.
What's so fantastic about this artist is we never know what she is going to do next !!!!!!! She will be 18 in January and why do I think, "Get ready world. Here comes Angelina!" In spite of her popularity she hasn't been globally promoted but I believe that is about to change. Republic Records has all the Jets on the runway ready to take off. All systems are go !!!!!
Angelina is a master vocalist (well shy of a thousand voices, though;) ). She has used this light, airy style in some of her past covers. I hope we'll see a reaction from you to her Nobel Peace Prize performance of Unchained Melody.
Great reaction as always, thank you and I do really like this new lighter tone. I believe the rest of the songs on the Christmas EP are taken directly from her online Christmas concert of 2021 when she was 15. Her performances were spectacular and she was supported by a team of legendary, world class musicians. You're gonna love it!
Oh I just love this and it has put me straight into the holiday spirit, something I was lacking! She has just released a new version of " Unchained Melody " for The Nobel Peace Prize, it is up another level in the maturity level, it is so very special. Lovely reaction to AJ as always.
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I loved your "Today lets do the pastels" comment, for her use of different colors in her voice. Great analogy! Btw, fruitcake is my favorite holiday treat. Remember she's known as the "Girl with 1000 Voices" &, as always, the voice she uses is always appropriate for the particular song. You have many more voices to discover since you've only heard the tip of her musical iceberg of over 200 songs, from many different genre. Thanks for this great reaction video & can't wait for the next one.
Oh thank you! Glad you like fruitcake too ha ha! You know, I hadn’t heard that “girl with a 1000 voices” phrase yet, (or if I had, I forgot)- I can certainly see how she got that nickname!
My favourites: this one and also The Christmas song.. both are brilliant. I do love her light, airy voice, as in "Driving home..." and some early covers, such as Blue Moon and Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Thank you for the beautiful reaction, Juliet, in fact Angelina truly has an incredible vocal eclecticism, despite her young age. Beautiful the Angelina's choice to finally make some of songs sung in her wonderful Christmas concert 2 years ago accessible to everyone in this EP, I loved them then and I love them even more now. This unpublished rendition of "Driving home" by Chris Rea, is beautiful, perfect in the musical accompaniment in countervoice from the wonderful sax of Jimmy Z and the wonderful jazzy musical breath that is Angie's voice. I like the imagination, respect and elegance with which she reworks these songs in her personal jazz key accompanied by some of the best musicians around, I can hope for the future, but I certainly love this enchanting musical present of hers. 💛🧡❤
The title song is my favored. You know that Angelina is the girl with a thousand voices. What I call her Genius is the fact that, no matter what song she decides to sing, she always knows exactly what voice to use. The " insane" control she has on her " Instrument" allows her to know exactly when,where,how,for how long throw in the rasp, the right kind of vibrato( short/ long/ breathy and other variations only she can think of) grit, groove, you name it. In his book " The Odissea" Omero ( ancient greek writer) speaks of some sea creatures called the Syrens who enchanted, mesmerised and entrapped the poor sailors mind,heart and soul. Well, as far as I'm concerned, those Syrens would be just background vocals for Angelina. Ciao. Danilo ( Angel) da Roma Italia. ❤
I had the same thought about the Syrens, but for some disturbing reason I don't really want to think too deeply about, I also thought about Succubus! Nothing to do with Angelina , probably my ex! But, yes, Angelina is a wonder of nature and a true musical genius. Bet you would never get her to admit even the thought though. She seems such a wonderful, classy, humane, and humble soul.
My new favorite Christmas song. Hand down! Nothing else even comes close. So smooth, jazzy and breezy. She and the sax seemed to be singing to each other. 1st class musicians including Jimmy Z on that sax. Some of the best sax I've ever heard. Love it! Fire! ♥👣
I heard the original. Nice, but I really really prefer this one. Have already listened to it probably 20 or 30 times. Absolutely love the sax. Makes me homesick.
🎉🎉🎉 Love your reaction and assessment. These Christmas songs remind me of listening to the albums by Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and their contemporaries. We didn't have videos to watch, with the exception of catching a live TV broadcast. Radio and phonographs were our sources for this warm and cozy music. Angelina fits perfectly amongst these famed artists. Just in case you missed it, Angelina (17) performed for the Nobel Peace Prize concert on 10 December. This is the second time she's performed for Nobel Prize recipients, the first being at the age of 8. Be sure to wish her a happy birthday on 10 JAN 24, as she turns 18.
Great reaction, as always, thank you. I was surprised at your reaction that you've never heard Angelina in this style before. I was looking through your Angelina playlist and noticed you didn't know "Song for A" yet. Written and composed by Nico Cartosio for his album Melting explicitly for Angelina. It was published in April 2019 when Angelina was 13 years old, I don't know the recording date. A quote from Nico Cartosio about the song "Song for A is the only song on the album. It is performed by Angelina Jordan, a very young and very talented singer. I needed a bright finale for my instrumental album. After the series of cold hells and Melting itself I longed for a song of a liberated soul, a soul that was set free from suffering. So, I remembered a beautiful poem by Robert Burns^ and wrote this song especially for Angelina. And she gave a sensual performance.! " 👣💯 *AJ* 💯👣
LOVED your metaphors to describe her style choices.. and I completely concur...that 🎷 is the crowning touch...I loved her choices and they matched a chill vibe, on a wintry drive to reunite with family and celebration... Christmas or not, this is a great driving song...I live in the Rockies, and this vocal choice is a cruisin' the mtns PERFECT!! You're one of the best reactors on the scene and appreciate all the "colors" you choose!! PEACE!!!
Thank you for this. I totaly get that you would love to meet - or at least talk to Angelina about this (and probably a few other performances of her 😉). 👣I must say I simply love her rendition of this song. I do love this EP, but this is the song from that I mostly relate to. I had quite a few years living further north in Norway, and then had some 15 hours + in my car every year, driving home for Christmas. Chris Rea had quite a radio hit with this song in Norway during the 80s and 90s. Never failed to appear on radio during this time of those years. If not daily, at least quite often. And during my travel, this was clearly one of those that prepared my holiday mood and did put it right in plase☺ As Angelina now lent her wonder-voice to this song, she sure made it grow even better to me. So now this is my daily input to set my holiday-mood. And these days I have no long drive for reaching home, but surtenly quite a few great memories to travel back into. So Thank you Angelina - Tusen Takk - bless you all and great Chistmas holiday time to everyone 👣✨ 🤗❤🎄
Cool story, thanks for sharing! Glad you don’t have that 15+ commute now but also it’s nice that Angelina can take you done memory lane with her beautiful rendition of the song. 🎶👍
Enjoyed your food analogies! The rest of this EP is from the online Christmas concert she did 2 years ago. A couple of those songs have videos on UA-cam. The only common musician for this track and the others is Jimmy Z on saxophone and Rob Christie. 🎼🎵🖤🎶
Hi Juliete 👋my singing Lady Angelina is the angel 😇 with the 1000 Voices 😲 and colors and styles! She's like a Cameleon!! She can always adapt her voice 😲 to the song and that's a true miracle 💫🌟!!! Angelina's 1st new Christmas song 🎅☃️🎄 from the new EP is "Driving Home For Christmas" Angelina sang the other 4 songs live when she was 15 years old at her Christmas 💫🌟 concert in December 23, 2021 😲 in a Christmas lifestream! Angelina's new Christmas songs🎅🎄☃️❄️ with the great instrument accompaniment of legendary professional musicians🎷🎸 🎹 gives real swing💫 dance 💃🕺moves vibes 🎶 Angelina sings😲this Christmas song🎄☃️🎅 beautiful! heartwarming❤️🔥and soul✨️touching! Amazing! brilliant ! I love it ❤❤❤! And the musicians are all legends who work with Frank Sinatra! EttaJames! Rod Stewart! Eurorhythmics! Barbara Streisand played! in early days! Jimmy's Z' best saxophonist! A day without Angelina's our Angel 😇 voice 😲😲 and emotions ❤️🔥❤️🔥 is a lost music 🎶 day 🤪 for me! A day without healing therapy for the soul 🌟✨️ and the heart ♥️!!! My Queen 👸🎙😲 and beauty 💃 of my music 🎶 world 🌍 and life !!! For me, as a music expert of over 40 years, Angelina is the best female singer😲! Artist! Vocalist😲! and songwriter📝 in this time 🕰 world 🌍 and generation 👨👩👧👦!! She brings us a new style of music👸🎙🎺 🎸🎷 and brings hope to the bad music industry 🎶our Angel😇!! Great, great, reaction and comments as always Juliet 👍👌👏 love ♥️ and peace ✌️☮️ and kindness 😀 have a great Week, time, work, and music time 👌👌greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🇨🇭🇨🇭 😇👣👰👸🎙 🎺🎷 🎸 🎼❤️🔥💥🔥💎👋💁♂️ Thank you a thousand times for your support my fellow angels 😇 from Angelina!! our Jazz Queen 👸 and Angel 😇!! on her two You Tube channels 🙏She deserves it a thousand times over!!!
Instant happy vibes. Before she even utters a sound! Then, omg, that voice! She knows no boundaries. Any style of music, any style of singing, any key. I do believe she has to have a 4+ octave voice. The lowest I heard was her cover of "How Great Thou Art", and the highest, was the final note of "Unchained Melody" (her most recent version from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony a couple days ago). I do not have a handy way to tell what that range is, but i would bet it has to be 4 octaves! Great reaction.
Great reaction. I immediately got the same sense when I listened to this song for the first time. Definitely different, but beautiful and very “Angelina-esque” nonetheless. This tone is unique to this song in comparison to the rest of the songs on this EP. I absolutely love “The Christmas Song”(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire). Angelina is beautiful of course, but the harmonica solo by Jimmy Zavala is amazing and fits Angelina’s sultry voice perfectly. 💚🎄
Since I have not seen you react to Angelina's performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Awards (from last week) I assume you have yet to do that one. Before you get into the rest of the Christmas songs you should look at this performance of "Unchained Melody" It is and she is spectacular, worth your time. Like you I like this soft dreamy song and thank you for your reaction.
Maybe as part of the interplay throughout the song between the sax and her voice, the sax gets to take on the raspy, riff-y role and she flips to take on a contrasting smooth, straight (no riffs; only occasional, gentler, vibrato) delivery. Moreover, she clearly respects the top-tier musicians she has worked with throughout her career and doesn't hesitate, as in this song, to let them shine right alongside her. Whatever the reason, we can be sure it was intentional.
Hi! As usual loving your reaction and analysis! Regarding Angelina's tone, in my humble opinion, she went for the opposite of what the original by Chris Rea sounds like. Making it her own again :) I also think this softer, mellow tone is more evocative of the song lyrics.And the counterpoint with saxophonist Jimmy Zavala is "delicious" ☺
This a verySpecial EP, all the Musicians are Legendary, Grammy Winning Musicians, like the Saxophonist Jimmy Z. Check them out. Great Reaction also, You should hear her voice in her most recent performance at the 2023 Nobel Peace Price Ceremony in Norway a couple of days ago. She can do any voice to suit the occasion. Her tone is great with our without breath. thank you.
The thing that I love about Angelina is her versatility and her willingness to change what she is doing vocally from one song to the next. I do listen to other artists, but I find that she is able to give me so much variety , that for every ten songs I listen to, nine will be Angelina's. I'm actually becoming a bit concerned about my fascination with her music, as it has caused me to stream so much of her music that according to spotify, I'm one of four people who are her top 0.001% of listeners. What is even more concerning is that I actually prefer the quality of Amazon music over spotify, so I stream there as well. There are two reasons that I stream her music so much, the first is that I love her music and the second is that Angelina has stated that the label wants to see her streaming numbers improve, especially on spotify. It is possibly one of the reasons why we have seen no promotion as yet, because although her numbers have improved slightly, I'm not sure if it's enough. If you are a fan of this amazing young artist, please consider joining one of the streaming platforms and help her get the recognition she deserves.
Wow congrats on the 0.001%, I am sure AJ appreciates it, too! I was just scrolling my UA-cam playlists and it looks like of everyone I have reacted to so far, I’ve reacted to AJ the most - that’s a testament to what a fan I am of her too! ❤️
@YourOnlineSingingCoach Thank you for the reply and thank you for what you do to help promote Angelina and help listeners to understand what she is doing vocally. I'm afraid my personality dictates that I stay quietly behind the scenes, so streaming her music and supporting her financially are really the only ways I have to help her achieve success.
@@YourOnlineSingingCoach Hey, 12/17 is my birthday! Would you react to Lindsay Sterling? It's not singing but it is music! BTW, I love your BEAUTIFUL smile! Happy Holidays! 🎄 🇨🇽 🤶 🌲 🧑🎄 🎄
Love your 'pastels' comparison! This takes me back to listening to my parent's record collection back in the Swing era. I've heard this 20-30 times now and love it more each time. The other songs are from two years ago working with a full band of legendary jazz background musicians. Less breathy. Much more 40s traditional. This title includes Rob Christie (doing everything but drums & sax) and Jimmy Z from the Christmas concert. A fan (JoeyFarr1) has posted a one hour plus video containing the entire 2021 concert. It's likely going to get taken down for copyright reasons, but while its there, you may want to go listen to the interview section. Seems like you might appreciate the reminising.
The most recent performance is Nobel Peace Prize UNCHAINED MELODY. The funny thing is the Chris Rae origional is raspy. When you listen to her entire catalogue there are many versions of Angelina. For instance hardly anybody reacts to SONG FOR A or NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART, or ABOVE THE WATER, or MERCY, SUMMERTIME with the Kork orchestra.
GREAT reaction! Your take reflects mine to a tee. You just have better tools with which to describe it, as I guess can be expected by a vocal coach of your caliber 🙂 The "new" sound and way of singing was just SCREAMING to me right off the bat in this one😂 You know, after having listened to her for 10 years, any change, or further proof of her incredible versatility rather, is a very welcome one, and this was no exception. And don't you worry, your fruitcake is back on the other 4 songs. They are all taken from her December 23rd 2021 digital Christmas concert, when she was 15. So they are not new ones, like this one. Yes, you MAY call me Mr. Obvious 🤣😂 I'm looking forward to see what you think of those as well. Take care! Much love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥
Pool, do you think the other 4 songs from her 2021 Christmas concert have been remastered by Republic Records for this EP? RR didn't have anything to do with the original concert, so I think they worked on the "Live Stream" audio for the EP. To me they sound a little different, or am I tripping?
@@keithserafy Here's my opinion Keith...songs are no doubt from the Christmas concert and remixed for better quality by Republic...these are the same Legendary musicians in each song which I highly highly doubt would all get together again for a do over. Think that is the logical explanation, at least in my opinion. Merry Christmas.
Yes, agreed. She has been giving us some of this earlier, but this still feels quite a bit different to me tbh. Higher pitched and even more consistently airy and silky smooth I think. But ofc, the maturity in her voice also plays a very important part in how I perceive this. All in all, a new sound picture to ME at least 🙂@@geoffreynorth9046
u can't keep up with angelina...she just sang the dedication song at the nobel peace prize celebration in norway and was introduced as international singing star all the way from los angeles... she sang unchained melody with orchestra KORK..angelina has performed summertime and back to black with them previously...she also recorded with them over the summer she mentioned in an interview.. it was incredible how in sync angelina and kork were...breathtaking...
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Driving Home for Xmas by Chris Rea, was a slower tempo tune. Angelina's vision is jazzy and upbeat, with Jimmy Z on Sax and on piano Rob Christie. Of course, Angelina's valet voice makes this song a Xmas classic to enjoy every year!
Maybe it's my age, but I'm hearing Marilyn Monroe in her tone. Soft, fluffy, friendly, intimate. The kind of voice you want to hear when you're, for example, driving home in your car. And so catchy. Thank you for a great reaction.
James/Jim Jack, we all know about your autism and mental issues thanks to your mother who was brave enough to use your account to explain your issues to all of us. So we will not take your negative comments seriously. It's nice that you also post positive comments of her as well. We pray for you and your mom. She is such a loving and caring soul to tell us about you. 🙏🙏🙏
She can sing any way she needs to...cos it's all about the song for her...she has 1,000 different ways to choose from
Angelina and the Sax talk to each other........very nice reaction/comments
Never forget, 1000 voices ,this is just anther one of her voices,
I have a new favorite Christmas song!
Want a testament to how Incredible she is? It appears that some of the best musicians in the world are thrilled to play with her. I believe that's Jimmy Z on sax, and it doesn't get much better than that. She attracks the very best, and then she gives the very best. Stunning!!
This is far and away my favorite. He voice has a sound that I’ve not heard before. I love it. ❤
And the quality of this production, with superb world class musicians and technicians it’s what I want.
this rendition gives me the old time Doris Day, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Hepburn feel, I personally love it, she is so talented, she always surprises, you gotta love her. I sure do
Another of the 1000 voices Unveiled for all to hear - INCLUDING HER LONGEST of Long-Time ANGELs.
What a TREAT for ALL.
I love all Angelina’s voices. It would be amazing to go to one of her concerts in which she used all her different voices-I love this smooth tone , so beautiful
Angelina recreates cover songs that she performs, and makes them better. You can never be surprised at her different tones, styles, registers, etc. There is a reason why she is called the barefoot princess of 1,000 voices!
It's like she's talking to herself in her car, really driving somewhere.......only she's singing it. I'm surprised she doesn't 'sing' everything she says !😊
We don't call her the girl with 1000 voices for nothing. She reached down deep in the bag and pulled out a completely different gorgeous tone and tempo. Stunning. She is the goat, no question. Pretty sure the rest of the EP are performances from her pay per view 2021 Christmas performance.
Love love love this song! This song just isn't played here in the states much. If I was driving home for Christmas, I would be taking the longest route I could find, just to listen to these Christmas songs by Angelina.
Boy, she sure attracts great musical accompaniment, like bees to a flower! 😍😍🎄🎄
Angelina is so creative... I like all the songs on the EP equally. She is a master in putting her own signature on every song she takes on. And when that song happens to be a cover she will always do it with the ultimate respect for the orginal.
Love love this! She have these thousands voices! She have sing this way back before ex moon river and some Frank S songs. Thank you for an always wonderful reaction!🥰💫💎👌❤️
I can’t recall any other Christmas singer with a sound like this. Not sure about this song but all of the rest were taken from her pay per view special two years ago age 15. Jimmy Z was the sax player and Sinatras piano player, Rob Christy on Guitar and a few other old school people from Sinatra and other classic performers.
This proves the 1000 voice moniker she's been given. It sets her apart from the singers she gets compared to. They didn't and don't have the ability to sing with so many different styles, they had and have natural limitations. I love the soothing emotion this song has. It has little bit of a Sade Adu sound.
I love « Driving Home For Christmas » and also « The Christmas Song ».
Dreamy tone, yes. She is dreaming of being home for Christmas.
🎶🎶🚗🛣🏠🎄🎵🎵‼️❄️❄️💥😵💫🚑 - Happy Holidays, drive safely!
Ha ha omg the progression of those emojis 😹😹😹👍
Velvety holiday vibes. So nice. ❤
You're right, here's another aspect of Angelina Jordan's multi-faceted musical talent. For me, it's a little marvel that will live long in my memory. The more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it, and the more impressed I am by this young woman's musical sense, right from her very beginning. Perfect marriage between her voice and the instrumentalists, notably the saxophonist. Once again, AJ has surrounded herself with excellent musicians. The quality of her interpretations has always attracted the best. Thank you for your always interesting comments.
Driving home for Christmas is my hands down favorite. Perfectly jazzy and Christmasy.
She's an artist and her vocal treatment suits the spirit of the song..Lovely, addictively light and mellow.
Remember, a 1000 voices. A very creative individual. This is sorta like a John Mayer stylized thing.
I think this introductory song on the EP gets us in the Christmas spirit and also set the mood for the sophisticated jazz vibe on other songs. I like her choice of this voice (out of her 1,000 available) which gives us nostalgic, almost dreamy, thoughts of Christmases that we want to remember. The back and forth between Angelina and the sax is beautiful.
My favorite on the EP is The Christmas Song. Angelina shares the time with that great jazz band you would listen to even if Angelina wasn’t singing. It’s just beautiful Christmas music, and Angelina makes another classic song her own with easy jazz that’s from the last century.
This sound like a Nashville version of a jazz song. This is not a negative comment but a feeling. A very high quality version that will please everyone whatever the age group or the musical genre they like.
I am always amazed by how many different voices she has and how she changes it depending on the the kind of emotion she wants to project.
There are so many '70s vibes in this Christmas EP. I like the gentle approach here. Her voice is gorgeous no matter what style she's singing in. Great reaction, YOSC! I'll recommend The Christmas Song next. Happy Holiday Season to you!
I would say that the song calls for a relaxing vocal it's with the background and meaning of the song. The song is about someone driving home for Christmas with a thousand memories, memories = dreams = relaxing dreamy vocal.
I love the caressing laid back vibe of this one as well. it's something I can listen to on repeat. The rest of the songs on the ep are the same songs from her Christmas concert of 2021. THis song was the only recently recorded one on the EP. Just so you know. ;)
As always, Angelina sings to serve the song!
BTW, please react to her very recent performance of "Unchained Melody" at the Nobel Peace Prize Presentation.
The whole EP is great, but I've heard the other songs many times, even though Angelina's versions are a cut above the rest, and the musicians are a real class act. But "Driving Home for Christmas" is fresh and new (for me). The saxophone intro sets the mood and then Angelina's velvety tone takes it to a whole other level. The interplay between her voice and the sax throughout the song is something I want to listen to over and over again. I bought the EP on iTunes as soon as it came out and burned it to CD. Now I can play it in the car, and also on any of my iPod stations throughout the house.
The original is from 1986, must be showing my age, lol, love this version even though I’m a big fan of the Chris Rea version
A few of us, including some collegues of you, think shw wanted to sound longing for home and family, dreaming about the loved ones.
This needs to be in a Christmas movie ASAP.🎙🥰❤️🔥🇨🇦😇
Just not a Hallmark movie please!!
What's so fantastic about this artist is we never know what she is going to do next !!!!!!! She will be 18 in January and why do I think, "Get ready world. Here comes Angelina!" In spite of her popularity she hasn't been globally promoted but I believe that is about to change. Republic Records has all the Jets on the runway ready to take off. All systems are go !!!!!
I sure hope so!!! In any case, she is aimed for big success, without a doubt. 👍🎶
Angelina is a master vocalist (well shy of a thousand voices, though;) ). She has used this light, airy style in some of her past covers. I hope we'll see a reaction from you to her Nobel Peace Prize performance of Unchained Melody.
Pretty sure 1000 voices is a metaphor.
Great reaction as always, thank you and I do really like this new lighter tone. I believe the rest of the songs on the Christmas EP are taken directly from her online Christmas concert of 2021 when she was 15. Her performances were spectacular and she was supported by a team of legendary, world class musicians. You're gonna love it!
Oh I just love this and it has put me straight into the holiday spirit, something I was lacking! She has just released a new version of " Unchained Melody " for The Nobel Peace Prize, it is up another level in the maturity level, it is so very special. Lovely reaction to AJ as always.
I think I will absolutely have to react to that! 🤩
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I loved your "Today lets do the pastels" comment, for her use of different colors in her voice. Great analogy! Btw, fruitcake is my favorite holiday treat. Remember she's known as the "Girl with 1000 Voices" &, as always, the voice she uses is always appropriate for the particular song. You have many more voices to discover since you've only heard the tip of her musical iceberg of over 200 songs, from many different genre. Thanks for this great reaction video & can't wait for the next one.
Oh thank you! Glad you like fruitcake too ha ha! You know, I hadn’t heard that “girl with a 1000 voices” phrase yet, (or if I had, I forgot)- I can certainly see how she got that nickname!
My favourites: this one and also The Christmas song.. both are brilliant. I do love her light, airy voice, as in "Driving home..." and some early covers, such as Blue Moon and Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
geoffrey Moon River???
@@103mrg that's the one !
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This EP is on my Christmas playlist! Can't wait til the relative say.... who the heck is THAT?, and want to know more.
Yes! 🙌👍
Thank you for the beautiful reaction, Juliet, in fact Angelina truly has an incredible vocal eclecticism, despite her young age. Beautiful the Angelina's choice to finally make some of songs sung in her wonderful Christmas concert 2 years ago accessible to everyone in this EP, I loved them then and I love them even more now. This unpublished rendition of "Driving home" by Chris Rea, is beautiful, perfect in the musical accompaniment in countervoice from the wonderful sax of Jimmy Z and the wonderful jazzy musical breath that is Angie's voice. I like the imagination, respect and elegance with which she reworks these songs in her personal jazz key accompanied by some of the best musicians around, I can hope for the future, but I certainly love this enchanting musical present of hers. 💛🧡❤
Thank you! Ooh “vocal eclecticism” that’s a great phrase- and definitely fits Angelina! 👍
I love it 🥰 ❤
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The title song is my favored. You know that Angelina is the girl with a thousand voices. What I call her Genius is the fact that, no matter what song she decides to sing, she always knows exactly what voice to use. The " insane" control she has on her " Instrument" allows her to know exactly when,where,how,for how long throw in the rasp, the right kind of vibrato( short/ long/ breathy and other variations only she can think of) grit, groove, you name it. In his book " The Odissea" Omero ( ancient greek writer) speaks of some sea creatures called the Syrens who enchanted, mesmerised and entrapped the poor sailors mind,heart and soul. Well, as far as I'm concerned, those Syrens would be just background vocals for Angelina. Ciao. Danilo ( Angel) da Roma Italia. ❤
I had the same thought about the Syrens, but for some disturbing reason I don't really want to think too deeply about, I also thought about Succubus! Nothing to do with Angelina , probably my ex! But, yes, Angelina is a wonder of nature and a true musical genius. Bet you would never get her to admit even the thought though. She seems such a wonderful, classy, humane, and humble soul.
My new favorite Christmas song. Hand down! Nothing else even comes close. So smooth, jazzy and breezy. She and the sax seemed to be singing to each other. 1st class musicians including Jimmy Z on that sax. Some of the best sax I've ever heard. Love it! Fire! ♥👣
Yes...The mood is contagious...in it's warmth and chill vibe!
How Angelina 's vocals massage your soul...so feel good....
I heard the original. Nice, but I really really prefer this one. Have already listened to it probably 20 or 30 times. Absolutely love the sax. Makes me homesick.
Great Reaction 👍🙏👣💯
Thank you! 😊
🎉🎉🎉 Love your reaction and assessment. These Christmas songs remind me of listening to the albums by Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and their contemporaries. We didn't have videos to watch, with the exception of catching a live TV broadcast. Radio and phonographs were our sources for this warm and cozy music. Angelina fits perfectly amongst these famed artists.
Just in case you missed it, Angelina (17) performed for the Nobel Peace Prize concert on 10 December. This is the second time she's performed for Nobel Prize recipients, the first being at the age of 8.
Be sure to wish her a happy birthday on 10 JAN 24, as she turns 18.
I am fairly certain she was 8 at her first Nobel peace prize performance.
@@shieldbearer7719 Correct. The NPP being held every 10 Dec crossed my wires.
Great reaction, as always, thank you. I was surprised at your reaction that you've never heard Angelina in this style before. I was looking through your Angelina playlist and noticed you didn't know "Song for A" yet. Written and composed by Nico Cartosio for his album Melting explicitly for Angelina. It was published in April 2019 when Angelina was 13 years old, I don't know the recording date.
A quote from Nico Cartosio about the song
"Song for A is the only song on the album. It is performed by Angelina Jordan, a very young and very talented singer. I needed a bright finale for my instrumental album. After the series of cold hells and Melting itself I longed for a song of a liberated soul, a soul that was set free from suffering. So, I remembered a beautiful poem by Robert Burns^ and wrote this song especially for Angelina. And she gave a sensual performance.! " 👣💯 *AJ* 💯👣
Cool, thanks for the suggestion! 👍
LOVED your metaphors to describe her style choices.. and I completely concur...that 🎷 is the crowning touch...I loved her choices and they matched a chill vibe, on a wintry drive to reunite with family and celebration... Christmas or not, this is a great driving song...I live in the Rockies, and this vocal choice is a cruisin' the mtns PERFECT!! You're one of the best reactors on the scene and appreciate all the "colors" you choose!! PEACE!!!
"Best wishes for a wonderful Holiday's - 2023 and a happy new year - 2024.!!!" - Ms. Angelina" Magical Vocalist & Song Writer + Book Author" Jordan
Love this version❤
I love everything AJ does. That said, in general I prefer my jazz more like Herbie Hancock and less like Kenny G. But her voice will carry anything.
Thank you for this. I totaly get that you would love to meet - or at least talk to Angelina about this (and probably a few other performances of her 😉).
👣I must say I simply love her rendition of this song. I do love this EP, but this is the song from that I mostly relate to. I had quite a few years living further north in Norway, and then had some 15 hours + in my car every year, driving home for Christmas. Chris Rea had quite a radio hit with this song in Norway during the 80s and 90s. Never failed to appear on radio during this time of those years. If not daily, at least quite often. And during my travel, this was clearly one of those that prepared my holiday mood and did put it right in plase☺
As Angelina now lent her wonder-voice to this song, she sure made it grow even better to me. So now this is my daily input to set my holiday-mood.
And these days I have no long drive for reaching home, but surtenly quite a few great memories to travel back into. So Thank you Angelina - Tusen Takk - bless you all and great Chistmas holiday time to everyone 👣✨ 🤗❤🎄
Cool story, thanks for sharing! Glad you don’t have that 15+ commute now but also it’s nice that Angelina can take you done memory lane with her beautiful rendition of the song. 🎶👍
Enjoyed your food analogies! The rest of this EP is from the online Christmas concert she did 2 years ago. A couple of those songs have videos on UA-cam. The only common musician for this track and the others is Jimmy Z on saxophone and Rob Christie. 🎼🎵🖤🎶
Love your Bopping right at the beginning!!! Fluffy, Pastel, Marshmallow. Perfect for Hot Chocolate! Merry Christmas.
Hee hee, can’t resist! 🎶☕️ Merry Christmas to you too! 😊
Hi Juliete 👋my singing Lady Angelina is the angel 😇 with the 1000 Voices 😲 and colors and styles! She's like a Cameleon!! She can always adapt her voice 😲 to the song and that's a true miracle 💫🌟!!! Angelina's 1st new Christmas song 🎅☃️🎄 from the new EP is "Driving Home For Christmas" Angelina sang the other 4 songs live when she was 15 years old at her Christmas 💫🌟 concert in December 23, 2021 😲 in a Christmas lifestream! Angelina's new Christmas songs🎅🎄☃️❄️ with the great instrument accompaniment of legendary professional musicians🎷🎸 🎹 gives real swing💫 dance 💃🕺moves vibes 🎶 Angelina sings😲this Christmas song🎄☃️🎅 beautiful! heartwarming❤️🔥and soul✨️touching! Amazing! brilliant ! I love it ❤❤❤! And the musicians are all legends who work with Frank Sinatra! EttaJames! Rod Stewart! Eurorhythmics! Barbara Streisand played! in early days! Jimmy's Z' best saxophonist! A day without Angelina's our Angel 😇 voice 😲😲 and emotions ❤️🔥❤️🔥 is a lost music 🎶 day 🤪 for me! A day without healing therapy for the soul 🌟✨️ and the heart ♥️!!! My Queen 👸🎙😲 and beauty 💃 of my music 🎶 world 🌍 and life !!! For me, as a music expert of over 40 years, Angelina is the best female singer😲! Artist! Vocalist😲! and songwriter📝 in this time 🕰 world 🌍 and generation 👨👩👧👦!! She brings us a new style of music👸🎙🎺 🎸🎷 and brings hope to the bad music industry 🎶our Angel😇!! Great, great, reaction and comments as always Juliet 👍👌👏 love ♥️ and peace ✌️☮️ and kindness 😀 have a great Week, time, work, and music time 👌👌greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭 🇨🇭🇨🇭 😇👣👰👸🎙 🎺🎷 🎸 🎼❤️🔥💥🔥💎👋💁♂️
Thank you a thousand times for your support my fellow angels 😇 from Angelina!! our Jazz Queen 👸 and Angel 😇!! on her two You Tube channels 🙏She deserves it a thousand times over!!!
Instant happy vibes. Before she even utters a sound! Then, omg, that voice! She knows no boundaries. Any style of music, any style of singing, any key. I do believe she has to have a 4+ octave voice. The lowest I heard was her cover of "How Great Thou Art", and the highest, was the final note of "Unchained Melody" (her most recent version from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony a couple days ago). I do not have a handy way to tell what that range is, but i would bet it has to be 4 octaves! Great reaction.
rick 3 octaves, give or take a semi-tone.
Great reaction. I immediately got the same sense when I listened to this song for the first time. Definitely different, but beautiful and very “Angelina-esque” nonetheless.
This tone is unique to this song in comparison to the rest of the songs on this EP.
I absolutely love “The Christmas Song”(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).
Angelina is beautiful of course, but the harmonica solo by Jimmy Zavala is amazing and fits Angelina’s sultry voice perfectly. 💚🎄
Since I have not seen you react to Angelina's performance at the Nobel Peace Prize Awards (from last week) I assume you have yet to do that one. Before you get into the rest of the Christmas songs you should look at this performance of "Unchained Melody" It is and she is spectacular, worth your time. Like you I like this soft dreamy song and thank you for your reaction.
Maybe as part of the interplay throughout the song between the sax and her voice, the sax gets to take on the raspy, riff-y role and she flips to take on a contrasting smooth, straight (no riffs; only occasional, gentler, vibrato) delivery. Moreover, she clearly respects the top-tier musicians she has worked with throughout her career and doesn't hesitate, as in this song, to let them shine right alongside her. Whatever the reason, we can be sure it was intentional.
Agree with that, and yes I like your idea about the sax being the voice of that rasp and riffs 👍
Hi! As usual loving your reaction and analysis!
Regarding Angelina's tone, in my humble opinion, she went for the opposite of what the original by Chris Rea sounds like. Making it her own again :)
I also think this softer, mellow tone is more evocative of the song lyrics.And the counterpoint with saxophonist Jimmy Zavala is "delicious" ☺
Thank you! Yes, I agree with all of your thoughts on Angelina’s vocal performance 👍
This a verySpecial EP, all the Musicians are Legendary, Grammy Winning Musicians, like the Saxophonist Jimmy Z. Check them out. Great Reaction also, You should hear her voice in her most recent performance at the 2023 Nobel Peace Price Ceremony in Norway a couple of days ago. She can do any voice to suit the occasion. Her tone is great with our without breath. thank you.
The thing that I love about Angelina is her versatility and her willingness to change what she is doing vocally from one song to the next. I do listen to other artists, but I find that she is able to give me so much variety , that for every ten songs I listen to, nine will be Angelina's. I'm actually becoming a bit concerned about my fascination with her music, as it has caused me to stream so much of her music that according to spotify, I'm one of four people who are her top 0.001% of listeners. What is even more concerning is that I actually prefer the quality of Amazon music over spotify, so I stream there as well. There are two reasons that I stream her music so much, the first is that I love her music and the second is that Angelina has stated that the label wants to see her streaming numbers improve, especially on spotify. It is possibly one of the reasons why we have seen no promotion as yet, because although her numbers have improved slightly, I'm not sure if it's enough. If you are a fan of this amazing young artist, please consider joining one of the streaming platforms and help her get the recognition she deserves.
Wow congrats on the 0.001%, I am sure AJ appreciates it, too! I was just scrolling my UA-cam playlists and it looks like of everyone I have reacted to so far, I’ve reacted to AJ the most - that’s a testament to what a fan I am of her too! ❤️
@YourOnlineSingingCoach Thank you for the reply and thank you for what you do to help promote Angelina and help listeners to understand what she is doing vocally. I'm afraid my personality dictates that I stay quietly behind the scenes, so streaming her music and supporting her financially are really the only ways I have to help her achieve success.
Great reaction ❤
Thank you! 🤗
@@YourOnlineSingingCoach Hey, 12/17 is my birthday! Would you react to Lindsay Sterling? It's not singing but it is music! BTW, I love your BEAUTIFUL smile! Happy Holidays! 🎄 🇨🇽 🤶 🌲 🧑🎄 🎄
Love your 'pastels' comparison! This takes me back to listening to my parent's record collection back in the Swing era. I've heard this 20-30 times now and love it more each time. The other songs are from two years ago working with a full band of legendary jazz background musicians. Less breathy. Much more 40s traditional. This title includes Rob Christie (doing everything but drums & sax) and Jimmy Z from the Christmas concert. A fan (JoeyFarr1) has posted a one hour plus video containing the entire 2021 concert. It's likely going to get taken down for copyright reasons, but while its there, you may want to go listen to the interview section. Seems like you might appreciate the reminising.
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The most recent performance is Nobel Peace Prize UNCHAINED MELODY. The funny thing is the Chris Rae origional is raspy. When you listen to her entire catalogue there are many versions of Angelina. For instance hardly anybody reacts to SONG FOR A or NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART, or ABOVE THE WATER, or MERCY, SUMMERTIME with the Kork orchestra.
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GREAT reaction! Your take reflects mine to a tee. You just have better tools with which to describe it, as I guess can be expected by a vocal coach of your caliber 🙂 The "new" sound and way of singing was just SCREAMING to me right off the bat in this one😂 You know, after having listened to her for 10 years, any change, or further proof of her incredible versatility rather, is a very welcome one, and this was no exception. And don't you worry, your fruitcake is back on the other 4 songs. They are all taken from her December 23rd 2021 digital Christmas concert, when she was 15. So they are not new ones, like this one. Yes, you MAY call me Mr. Obvious 🤣😂 I'm looking forward to see what you think of those as well. Take care!
Much love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥
Pool, do you think the other 4 songs from her 2021 Christmas concert have been remastered by Republic Records for this EP? RR didn't have anything to do with the original concert, so I think they worked on the "Live Stream" audio for the EP. To me they sound a little different, or am I tripping?
Not really a new voice for her though.... she has a number of early covers with this voice such as Blue Moon or Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
@@keithserafy Here's my opinion Keith...songs are no doubt from the Christmas concert and remixed for better quality by Republic...these are the same Legendary musicians in each song which I highly highly doubt would all get together again for a do over. Think that is the logical explanation, at least in my opinion. Merry Christmas.
Yes, agreed. She has been giving us some of this earlier, but this still feels quite a bit different to me tbh. Higher pitched and even more consistently airy and silky smooth I think. But ofc, the maturity in her voice also plays a very important part in how I perceive this. All in all, a new sound picture to ME at least 🙂@@geoffreynorth9046
I have been wondering the same, and I just can't make up my mind. But I do have a feeling that they have 🙂@@keithserafy
u can't keep up with angelina...she just sang the dedication song at the nobel peace prize celebration in norway and was introduced as international singing star all the way from los angeles...
she sang unchained melody with orchestra KORK..angelina has performed summertime and back to black with them previously...she also recorded with them over the summer she mentioned in an interview..
it was incredible how in sync angelina and kork were...breathtaking...
Can’t wait to check it out!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Got to love a good sax too! complements her voice perfectly
Driving Home for Xmas by Chris Rea, was a slower tempo tune. Angelina's vision is jazzy and upbeat, with Jimmy Z on Sax and on piano Rob Christie. Of course, Angelina's valet voice makes this song a Xmas classic to enjoy every year!
Love it
I love this so much! Right up my alley...
Yes, please! More Angelina!😊
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Maybe it's my age, but I'm hearing Marilyn Monroe in her tone. Soft, fluffy, friendly, intimate. The kind of voice you want to hear when you're, for example, driving home in your car. And so catchy. Thank you for a great reaction.
Love this song by AJ, she chooses her sounds and vocals by the messages she wants to send out.❤❤
This is more like the voice of Angelina that I am used to. To be honest, I prefer this sound above her newest more "pop sound".
My favorite by Angelina is The Christmas Song, but this song has always been my favorite. The original was sung by Mel Torma I think.
I listened the full ep today and must say that was my favorite too (though of course they were all fantastic!!!)
I wish my favorite singer Haley could hold a candle to her. Sadly there's a reason why Haley's career is going nowhere.
I’m curious which Haley you’re referring to? 🤔
It was 88 degrees here today and hotter than dammit at work and after this song im ready to hop in the sleigh and head to Grandma’s house!
She sang unchained melody at the Nobel Peace Prize last of 2023 live ,you should definitely react to it
Same tone and probably same key and styling as she did for.HEAL THE WORLD, by Miclael Jackson
It's amazing what auto tune could do with someone that has not very good pitch
James/Jim Jack, we all know about your autism and mental issues thanks to your mother who was brave enough to use your account to explain your issues to all of us. So we will not take your negative comments seriously. It's nice that you also post positive comments of her as well. We pray for you and your mom. She is such a loving and caring soul to tell us about you. 🙏🙏🙏
Are you sure you are talking about the correct artist? If so, it is, in fact, you who are tone deaf!
It is amazing what it can do, but Angelina doesn’t have any problems with pitch.
I prefer Ch. REA! Sray out of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!