EZRA COLLECTIVE PURE SHADE, , WE OUT HERE

A primer on Londons brightburning young jazz scene, this new compilation brings together a collection of some of its sharpest talents. A set of nine newlyrecorded tracks, We Out Here captures a moment where genre markers matter less than raw, focused energy. Surveying the albums running order, it could easily serve as a namechecking exercise for some of Londons mosttipped and hardworking bands of the past couple of years. Recorded across three long, fruitful days in a North West London studio, the results speak for themselves: theyre a window into the wideeyed future of Londons musical underground. Ezra Collective run a tight, Afrobeattipped rhythm on Pure Shade, with the final third changing gear into a melodic, momentous closing stretch. Femi Koleoso Drums TJ Koleoso Bass Joe ArmonJones Piano James Mollison Saxophone Dylan Jones Trumpet