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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Patrice Rushen, Peter Bernstein, Alice Zawadzki, Ezra Collective

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 4, 2025

Revelations and confirmations in a playlist that mixes new releases and reissues bridging tradition and innovation.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ezra Collective “Expensive" Dance, No One's Watching (Partisan) 0:16 Host talks 6:27 Patrice Rushen “Haw-Right On" Prelusion (Prestige) 7:20 Host talks 15:21 Joe ...

Album

Dance, No One's Watching

By Ezra Collective

Label: Partisan Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Intro; The Herald; Palm Wine; cloakroom link up. (Act 1); God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey); Ajala; The Traveller; in the dance. (Act 2); N29; No One's Watching Me (feat. Olivia Dean); our element. (Act 3); Hear My Cry; Shaking Body; Expensive; Streets is Calling (feat. M.anifest & Moonchild Sanelly); lights on. (Act 4); Why I Smile; Have Patience; Everybody.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

More Winners: Nubya Garcia, Nicola Conte, Visioneers, Amanda Whiting, & More

by Tony Poole
December 27, 2024

Tony Poole selects twelve more tracks as part two of his Favourite Albums of 2024. Check out part one Jazz First's Favourite Albums Of 2024... Dance, No One's Watching! Playlist Nubya Garcia “In Other Words, Living" from Odyssey (Concord Jazz) Nicola Conte “Life Forces (feat. Zara McFarlane) Joaquin's Sacred Rhythm Version)" from Umoja (Joaquin ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Winners: Ezra Collective, Patricia Brennan, Chris Bangs, Galliano, And More

by Tony Poole
December 13, 2024

Twelve tracks from Jazz First's Favourite Albums Of 2024... Dance, No One's Watching! that reflects the Jazz First manifesto that is as much about dance and groove as it is about improvised music. The playlist features tracks that fuse jazz with hip-hop, house, Afrobeat, dub, spiritual, world and other genres that have been dancing with each ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Marcos Valle, Nicola Conte, Paul Murphy, Ezra Collective, And More

by Tony Poole
October 4, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite new releases and pre-releases. The featured artist is Mercury Prize winning Ezra Collective and their new album Dance, No One's Watching. The YouTube video (scroll down) is “Shaking Body" included on the album and performed live at a studio session for BBC Sounds. Playlist The Boom Yeh “Keep Right ...

Article: Book Review

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion

by Ian Patterson
September 5, 2024

Unapologetic Expression: The Inside Story Of The UK Jazz Explosion André Marmot 424 Pages ISBN: 978-0-571-37448-9 Faber & Faber 2024 Anyone who has kept half an eye on the UK/London jazz scene since the turn of the century will likely be aware that jazz there has gone from being ...

Article: Live Review

Building Back Jazz Brick by Brick in East London

by Peter Jones
May 2, 2024

Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 26-28, 2024 The most innovative and thrilling jazz currently emerging from the UK is centred on a few grimy, narrow streets on the east side of London. The pioneering work that goes on in this elaborately-graffitied neighbourhood has, in recent years, contributed much to the ...

Article: Interview

Ezra Collective's Femi Koleoso: On Tony Allen and UK jazz today

by Rob Garratt
March 13, 2023

Of all the artists to emerge from the overbaked “UK jazz explosion" of recent years, Ezra Collective are arguably the greatest crossover success--based on Spotify stats and tour bookings, anyway. And while the juggernaut of early hype may have worn itself out, things are only looking rosier in 2023: The barrier-busting London quintet is currently gearing ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Thandi Ntuli, Frank Zappa, Jason Moran, Soweto Kinch & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 31, 2023

Welcome to the first edition of Mondo Jazz of 2023! Judging by how the year started, it should be jazz a-plenty as we open with Jason Moran's latest project, released just hours after the new year started, dedicated to James Reese Europe. After that many recent compelling releases, from Thandi Ntuli to Frank Zappa (newly published ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bart Wirtz and Emiel van Rijthoven of WAAN

by Lawrence Peryer
January 28, 2023

Today, the spotlight shines on musicians Bart Wirtz and Emiel van Rijthoven who perform and record together under the name WAAN (Dutch for 'Craze'). WAAN have a new record, Echo Echo (Sonar Kollectiv), out on February 24, 2023. If you are a fan of Floating Points, BADBADNOTGOOD, Ezra Collective or any of the other ...