Ezra Collective

Ezra Collective made history as the first jazz act ever to win the prestigious Mercury Prize, a milestone that says as much about their immediacy as it does about their musicianship. Few groups manage to feel so welcoming without sacrificing the complexity at the heart of jazz. Their music moves with a rare clarity, rhythmically generous yet built on a deep understanding of improvisation and collective interplay. With an eclectic blend of afrobeat, soul, calypso, reggae, hip-hop and R&B, the London-based quintet consisting of Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Ife Ogunjobi, James Mollison and Joe Armon-Jones has taken their sound around the world, from sold-out venues in London and Chicago to dance f