Ezra Collective Releases New Song 'Jubilee Feeling'
"Jubilee Feeling" is the euphoric third single from Ezra Collective's forthcoming album Here Because of Hope, and the first instrumental they've unveiled from the record. Representing the album's London movement, this vibrant celebration of the city that shaped the band brings together the musical traditions of UK Jazz, and the Funky House of the 2010s. Built around an infectious, ever-expanding groove, the track showcases Ezra Collective at their most exhilarating, with Joe Armon-Jones delivering a breathtaking piano performance that drives the song's joyful momentum. As the emotional culmination of an album tracing the movement of people, culture and music from West Africa to the Caribbean and ultimately to London, "Jubilee Feeling" lives up to its name, radiating optimism, unity and the unshakable sense of hope at the album's heart.
Femi Koleoso speaking on Jubilee Feeling: *“The word Jubilee is very precious to me. Not just because it’s the name of the church I grew up at, and the name of the youth group I work at, but its actual meaning - ‘the year of Jubilee, a year when everyone’s debts are settled, all prisoners set free’ - is almost like an equalisation day, a celebration to say we can start all over again.
I often think about what that feeling of Jubilee must be like; being someone who maybe doesn’t even deserve to be set free, to have your debts wiped, but it happens anyway. I think that is such a picture of euphoric joy.
Something that brought me serious, euphoric joy is the Funky House movement of the early 2010s. Ezra Collective, we as a band, love this music - it makes us dance, it makes us feel great. So, Jubilee Feeling is a song that marries UK Jazz and Funky House to embody this feeling that we’ve called the Jubilee Feeling: a joy that you almost don’t deserve.”
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