Ezra Collective: 'You Have To Sound Like The Authentic You'
The London quintet known as Ezra Collective looks like a jazz band, with their dueling horns, keys, bass and drums.\xa0 But their music reflects the lively artistic ferment happening now in South London, where the sounds of Caribbean music, hip hop, and especially the Nigerian style known as Afrobeat have all become part of the scene. Ezra Collective\u2019s drummer and bandleader Femi Koleoso studied with the late, great Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, and with his brother TJ on bass, the two Koleosos form a propulsive rhythm section, but one that\u2019s full of surprises.\xa0Add in keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and tenor saxophonist James Mollison, and the quintet brings audiences a hybrid jazz with killah beats for dancing. - John Schaefer
\nSet list: "Ego Killah", "No Confusion", "Belonging"
\nWatch "Ego Killah":
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\nWatch "Belonging":