Ezra Collective

Ezra Collective
Ezra Collective
	Femi Koleoso at the 2017 Jazz Manor Festival in Sochi, Russia
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Jazz; Hip hop; Afrobeat;
Instrument(s)	Drum kit; Keyboard; Bass guitar; Tenor saxophone; Trumpet;
Years active	2016–present
Labels	Enter the Jungle; Partisan Records;
Members	Femi Koleoso; TJ Koleoso; Ife Ogunjobi; James Mollison; Joe Armon-Jones;
Past members	Dylan Jones
Website	ezracollective.com

Ezra Collective is a British jazz quintet composed of drummer and bandleader Femi Koleoso, bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and tenor saxophonist James Mollison.^[1] The group fuses elements of afrobeat, calypso, reggae, hip-hop, soul and jazz, and frequently collaborates with fellow London-based jazz musicians such as Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd.^[2]^[3] They are the recipients of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize.

^ Madden, Sidney. "Ezra Collective Sets The 'Quest For Coin' To A Fast-Paced Jazz Soundtrack". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ Kalia, Ammar. "Ezra Collective: You Can't Steal My Joy review – celebration of jazz's diversity". theguardian.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ Hutchinson, Kate (19 October 2018). "A Sweaty Night Out in London's New Jazz Scene". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

[1] Madden, Sidney. "Ezra Collective Sets The 'Quest For Coin' To A Fast-Paced Jazz Soundtrack". npr.org. NPR. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

[2] Kalia, Ammar. "Ezra Collective: You Can't Steal My Joy review – celebration of jazz's diversity". theguardian.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

[3] Hutchinson, Kate (19 October 2018). "A Sweaty Night Out in London's New Jazz Scene". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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