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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

‘Reopen these youth clubs’: Ezra Collective’s Femi Koleoso on nurturing young artistic talent

Ezra Collective and Jorja Smith performing with many saxophones raised against confetti and a pink backdrop
Ezra Collective and Jorja Smith perform at the Brit awards at the O2 Arena on 1 March. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

After the high of a record-breaking night at the Brits where his band, Ezra Collective, not only became the first jazz group to perform live but also scooped the best group gong, Femi Koleoso was quickly brought back to earth.

At the Jubilee Youth Club in Enfield, north London, where he volunteers, the drummer and band leader was trying to teach kids how to flip pancakes, dealing with flying batter and banter only 48 hours after he was on stage in front of thousands.

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