Ezra Collective — Music Videos

Ezra Collective is a London jazz group whose music connects improvisation with Afrobeat, Caribbean rhythms, hip-hop, and the shared energy of a dance floor. Drummer Femi Koleoso and bassist TJ Koleoso form part of a rhythm section that gives the horns and keyboards a strong physical foundation.

The albums You Can’t Steal My Joy, Where I’m Meant to Be, and Dance, No One’s Watching trace the group’s development. Their arrangements often begin with an immediately inviting rhythmic idea, then make room for a solo, an ensemble response, or a change of texture.

The groove is a conversation rather than a fixed backing track. Listen for how a drum fill changes the emphasis of a phrase and how the horns bring a melodic idea back into focus after an improvised passage.