Ezra Collective

Ezra Collective is 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. The group fuses elements of afrobeat, calypso, reggae, hip-hop, soul and jazz, and frequently collaborates with fellow London-based jazz musicians. They won the 2023 Mercury Music Prize and made history at the Brit Awards 2025 as the first jazz band to win Group of the Year. Their 2024 single 'God Gave Me Feet for Dancing' was selected by Barack Obama for his list of 25 favourite songs of the year.