Album of the Week: Ezra Collective – Dance, No One’s Watching (Partisan Records)

 

“An ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing.”

 

 

 

Dance, No One’s Watching is the latest album from the London five-piece Ezra Collective, who carry the honor of being the first jazz act to win the prestigious Mercury Prize for their previous album, Where I’m Meant to Be, released in 2022.

 

 

Clocking in at 19 tracks, Dance, No One’s Watching charts the course of a night out, weaving together soul, hip-hop, jazz, and uptempo Afrobeat sounds. 

 

 

Here’s one of my favorite songs from the release.

 

 

Ezra Collective ft Yazmin Lacey – “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing”

 

 

 

 

 

Dance, No One’s Watching is out now via Partisan Records.

 

 

 

 

Hear it on Spotify here.

 

 

 

 

Check out more of my favorite releases on Partisan Records here

 

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hear more of my favorite tracks from Ezra Collective here

 

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press play on more of my favorite songs from Yazmin Lacey here

 

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listen to me talking about “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing” on my WNXP radio show here

 

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listen to the tracks I’m very into right now on my 2024 Essentials playlist here.