A Mercury Prize win for Ezra Collective is a win for youth futures – The Forty-Five

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A group of men posing for a picture at the Mercury Prize win celebration.

Ezra Collective

When Ezra Collective were promoting their second album, ‘Where I’m Meant To Be’, they described it as “a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes”, testament to the hope and creativity that allows us all to rise and meet the challenges of tough times. Recorded during lockdown, the studio gave the jazz group a much-needed anchor, a space where they could feel safe in the redeeming power of optimism. 

“I had this feeling that I wasn’t necessarily where I wanted to be, but if I kept working at…