The jazzy London ensemble is picking up new followers of late, thanks to the effervescent party jam “Life Goes On” featuring Sampra the Great receiving airplay on the Current and other public-radio stations. The 7-year-old quintet’s sophomore album, 2022’s “Where I’m Meant to Be,” is a delicious throw-it-into-the-blender mix of jazz, Afrobeat, reggae, salsa, funk and hip-hop, with cameos from Emeli Sande, Kojey Radical, Nao and Sampra. The intoxicating, strikingly sophisticated collection, which includes a cosmic treatment of Sun Ra’s “Love in Outer Space,” suggests a groovy party coming to downtown Minneapolis.
Ezra Collective
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