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London jazz quintet Ezra Collective's energetic 16-minute Tiny Desk set, blending jazz with Afrobeat, hip-hop, and grime.
— Ezra Collective: Tiny Desk Concert, 2022
Library — Drums
Femi Koleoso
(1994–)
United Kingdom
Femi Koleoso (b. 1994) — Drums.
London-born drummer and composer. As founder of Ezra Collective, he brought Afrobeat, hip-hop, and grime sensibilities into UK jazz, winning the 2023 Mercury Prize. Also a touring member of Gorillaz.
Femi KoleosoFemi Koleosoフェミ・コレオソ, who leads Ezra Collective, is portrayed in detail in Emma Warren's Make Some Space as a drummer emblematic of the Total Refreshment Centre generation in London. The book documents how the jams there sharpened his Afrobeat-leaning kick work.
— Make Some Space: Tuning Into Total Refreshment Centre, Emma Warren, 2019
Alongside Ezra Collective, Femi KoleosoFemi Koleosoフェミ・コレオソ spent a period as Jorja Smith's touring drummer. Emma Warren's Make Some Space argues that moving between pop arenas and the Total Refreshment Centre warehouse is precisely what gave his playing its dynamic range.
— Make Some Space: Tuning Into Total Refreshment Centre, Emma Warren, 2019