Ezra Collective

#4210: Hot Jazz and Blues from Soundcheck Sessions

New Sounds | Jan 16, 2020

From live in-studio performances in the Soundcheck Podcast series, listen to funky jazz from Chicago and Brooklyn-based Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Nashville guitarist and poet, Adia Victoria, and dance-party jazz from London’s Ezra Collective.

Hear some of the tight funky brassy jazzy grooves of Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, a band of seven brass-playing brothers from the south side of Chicago and Brooklyn. Their music draws from funk, funky jazz, Afrobeat, hip hop, rock, reggae, and R&B, and they play a few tunes and chat about their compositional process (debating and “hypnoticizing”).

Then, listen to the London-based quintet Ezra Collective, whose music is an irresistible blend of groove that includes Afrobeat, hip-hop, jazz, grime, reggae, and tips of their caps to spiritual jazz. They've come from Tomorrow's Warriors, a vibrant community of younger musicians of all kinds of different backgrounds who have been inspired by jazz. Their leader, Femi Koleoso, has some reverence for both Max Roach and Tony Allen. 

Also, hear blues-rooted Southern Gothic pop by Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet Adia Victoria.

Program #4210: Hot Chicago and London Jazz, and Nashville Blues from Soundcheck Sessions (First aired 2/27/2019)

ARTIST: Ezra Collective
WORK: The Philosopher [1:30]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. The song appears on their EP, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher
INFO: ezracollective.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
WORK: Menage [4:07]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: hypnoticbrassensemble.com

ARTIST: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
WORK: War [2:41]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: hypnoticbrassensemble.com

ARTIST: Ezra Collective
WORK: The Philosopher [6:43]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. The song appears on their EP, Juan Pablo: The Philosopher
INFO: ezracollective.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Ezra Collective
WORK: Chapter 7 [4:37]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. The song appears on their EP, Chapter 7
INFO: ezracollective.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Ezra Collective
WORK: Mace Windu Riddim [4:47]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: ezracollective.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Adia Victoria
WORK: Dope Queen Blues [3:31]
RECORDING: Live, in-studio
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. The tune comes from the record, Silences
INFO: https://adiavictoria.lnk.to/Silences

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