Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Transparent Blue Coloured Vinyl)

Ezra Collective - Here Because of Hope (Transparent Blue Coloured Vinyl)

Formed in the youth clubs of London, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winners Femi Koleoso, TJ Koleoso, Joe Armon-Jones, James Mollison and Ife Ogunjobi have now spent over a decade making jazz joyful, urgent and undeniable. On Here Because Of Hope, they push that vision further than ever, asking a simple but profound question: why does so much Black music born out of pain sound so joyful? Their answer is hope: the belief, carried across generations and oceans, that something better is possible.        
        
Anchored by collaborations with Pa Salieu, Lila Iké, Leona Lewis, and reaching across the full breadth of the global African diaspora (including America, where those same African and Caribbean roots gave birth to jazz itself) Here Because Of Hope is a record of remarkable warmth, ambition and humanity, and the sound of Britain's most vital band at the peak of their powers.    

Tracklisting:

1. Part 1 (read by Letitia Wright)
2. Blow Your Trumpet
3. Sweet Echo
4. Don't Worry
5. Only Love (featuring Pa Salieu)
6. Someday
7. Part 2 (read by Letitia Wright)
8. Birdie Sings
9. The Last Stand
10. Well Organised (featuring Lila Iké)
11. El Corazon
12. Bunny on the Rise
13. Part 3 (read by Letitia Wright)
14. All I Need (featuring Leona Lewis)
15. Jubilee Feeling
16. Black Flag
17. Most High (featuring Libianca)