Chappell Roan and Ezra Collective on BBC Sound of 2025 list
The list has a track record of picking music's next big things, from Adele to The Last Dinner Party.
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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. 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 are the recipients of the 2023 Mercury Music Prize.
The list has a track record of picking music's next big things, from Adele to The Last Dinner Party.