Ezra Collective
Ezra Collective are a British jazz quintet composed of drummer and bandleader Femi Koleoso, bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and tenor saxophonist James Mollison, who met at the jazz youth programme Tomorrow's Warriors and formed their group soon afterwards. The group fuses elements of afrobeat, calypso, reggae, hip-hop, soul and jazz, and frequently collaborates with fellow London-based jazz musicians such as Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd. They were the recipients of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize. Their 2024 single "God Gave Me Feet for Dancing" was chosen by Barack Obama for his list of 25 favourite songs of the year. At the Brit Awards 2025, the Ezra Collective became the first jazz band to win the "Group of the Year" accolade.
How Critics See Ezra Collective
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Dance, No One's Watching
2024
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 74/100 across 8 reviews.
Ezra Collective's Dance, No One's Watching opens as a jubilant, communal manifesto that asks you to move while it reflects. Across professional reviews, critics praise the record's...
Dance, No One's Watching
2024
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Ezra Collective's Dance, No One's Watching opens as a jubilant, communal manifesto that asks you to move while it reflects. Across professional reviews, critics praise the record's...
