Wistful longing for a lost love has always informed popular music, but it’s incredibly rare to see a jazz video that evokes such nostalgia for a same-sex romance. However, that’s just what out jazz vocalist Antoine L. Collins with the video for his smoky rendition of the Nat King Cole standard “Somewhere Along The Way.”
Collins wanted to create a video to match what he describes as the song’s universal message.
“It’s a song that everyone — young or mature, male or female, gay or straight — can relate to: the one who got away,” he says. To create the accompanying clip he chose acclaimed film director Matthew Mishory, who made Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean, a moody and mesmerizing glimpse into the early life of the late superstar.
“I was inspired by the grain, the textures, of super8,” Mishory says. “We looked at old jazz photography and news reels as well some of Derek Jarman’s super8 films, which I love, and William Friedkin’s grainy urban landscapes in Cruising and The French Connection. I had previously shot a lot of super8 in bucolic settings; it was exciting to get urban and gritty.”
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Xzamilio
Okay… this is so damn creamy and beautiful. I am getting some SERIOUS Luther Vandross vibes here.
antoinelcollins
Thanks so much, glad you liked it. Check out the new one https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
queermarek
This is a beautiful video and song. Sexy, classy, beautiful guys, we need more music like this!
antoinelcollins
Thanks so much, trying to put more classy stuff out there, feel free to check out he new one, https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
woodroad34
@Xzamilio: Excellent rendition…I wasn’t crazy about the video, but when I turned my head and stared into space…it just took me back to my favorite piano bar/nightclub. Really beautiful.
antoinelcollins
Awesome, thanks I really love the song too, what do you think of the new video? https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
woodroad34
@queermarek: I agree. I miss going to piano bars (straight or gay) and sipping a Manhattan or Martini and listening to this kind of music.
Xzamilio
@woodroad34: Yeah, I’m not feeling the video either, but I do love the song. I’m a big jazz buff, so it is damn nice to get some on this site.
antoinelcollins
I’ll try to keep it coming… https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
jack dixon
Bittersweet and romantic, boy I miss that.Antoine L. Collins, damn,great mood great voice, I’ll definitely get his music.
antoinelcollins
thanks so much for this look out for my next cd coming out in the fall, and check out my new video, let me know what you think.. https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
cin-gay-aste
Loving this video. Finally something gay with some style and substance. Lovely.
antoinelcollins
Thanks so much, I’ll try to keep it coming https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
cin-gay-aste
@jack dixon: me too.
enlightenone
MORE, PLEASE!!!!!
antoinelcollins
Here you go https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
kisses and hugs
Claude Courval
The most beautiful song and well performed and i don’t usually like jazz.
antoinelcollins
Glad you liked it! here is another one https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU
dannysax
The most beautiful song and still so sad, reminds me of someone I knew once in my own life. I started tearing up listening to it.
Kangol
I love this! Getting his LP ASAP! More, Queerty, please.
WillIAmNot
Love love love!! Thanks for this classy, sexy and sultry vid Antoine
antoinelcollins
thanks so much!!! check this one out https://youtu.be/b8Se1faNcVU