Ezra Collective are a British quintet operating since 2016, a key part of London’s jazz renaissance who won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2023.Ezra Collective
The quintet is based around brothers Femi and TJ Koleoso on drums and bass, alongside Joe Armon-Jones on keys, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and saxophonist James Mollison. They met as part of Gary Crosby’s Tomorrow’s Warriors jazz programme and were soon a feature of South London’s jazz scene. Their exciting mix of afrobeat, calypso, grime, hip-hop, soul and jazz is indicative of the capital’s musical make-up. The group has received much acclaim and several awards for its album “Where I’m Meant To Be”, culminating in the national Mercury Prize, a first for a jazz album in the prize’s 31 year history.
