Ezra Collective – Chapter 7 (LP Vinyl)
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London's jazz renaissance found one of its most vital early sparks in Ezra Collective, the group that formed around drummer Femi Koleoso and grew out of Tomorrow's Warriors, the nonprofit that has nurtured a generation of Black British jazz talent. Chapter 7 arrived before the Mercury Prize, before the BRIT Award, when the band was still a live circuit secret shared between those who knew, and hearing it now is a reminder of how much was already fully formed.
Ezra Collective’s Chapter 7, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, captured the restless energy of a young band finding its voice - spiritually curious, rhythmically fearless, committed to community as compass. Built on grooves made for sweat-slicked basements and late-night communion, its seven movements reveal a blueprint forming: jazz as a living expression of where you come from and who you stand with.
The Chapter 7 (10th Anniversary Edition) reissue revisits that formative statement from a band that would soon become trailblazers as both the first British jazz act to win the Mercury Prize, and then a BRIT Award. Remastered for vinyl and expanded with new incarnations - live cuts from NPR's Tiny Desk and the band’s landmark Royal Albert Hall performance - the reissue presents Chapter 7 not simply as an early document, but a living manifesto: rhythm as ritual, youth culture as sanctuary, and jazz as an open invitation.
Pressed on black vinyl, housed in a single sleeve jacket with printed inner sleeve, featuring credits and a message from the band.
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 720841158516
Label: Partisan Records
Release Date: 6.26.26
Format: LP Vinyl