Ezra Collective Stay Hopeful
Ezra Collective have been a fixture in the London jazz conversation for years now, and it sounds like there's still plenty of life in them yet. Femi Koleoso's drumming has been central to their sound since the beginning, and the fact that they're still creating and evolving speaks volumes about the energy in British jazz right now. For Cledvibes Radio listeners who've followed their journey from those early EPs onwards, this is a reminder that some of the most exciting music coming out of our city isn't slowing down any time soon.
From Stereogum: I was stunned when Ezra Collective drummer Femi Koleoso told me he’s just 31 years old. (He’ll be 32 in October.) I’ve been listening to him for a decade, since the group’s 2016 debut EP, Chapter 7, and two albums he played on the following year, Nubya Garcia’s Nubya’s 5ive and Camilla George’s Isang. The bassist on those latter two releases was Daniel Casimir, but in Ezra Collective, Koleoso is j…