Ezra - EZRA '2024

Tracks list

Founded by award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Jones, EZRA is
a collective of classical, jazz, rock, and bluegrass musicians focused on the
creation of genre-crossing and style-inclusive new music. Though the
instrumentation and personnel of the group fluctuates, EZRA's core ensemble
consists of world-renowned mandolinist Jacob Jolliff, banjo virtuoso Max Allard,
and bassist extraordinaire Craig Butterfield, with Jones on guitar and
keyboard-related instruments.

EZRA’s debut album includes nine works by Jones, and was recorded while
Jones was on a one year sabbatical from his composition professorship at Oberlin
Conservatory. Jones, who is also a luthier, used much of his sabbatical to build
some of the instruments he plays on the album. He then invited longtime
collaborator Butterfield, together with Jolliff and Allard, for an intense week
of rehearsals and recording in Oberlin. It was the first time all four musicians
had been in the same room, much less played together, but making this album felt
like capturing lightning in a bottle.

Jacob Jolliff, mandolin

Max Allard, banjo 

Jesse Jones, guitar and piano
Craig Butterfield, double bass

Tracklist:
1.01 - Ezra - Smoke in the Valley (5:14) 
1.02 - Ezra - Jarrah (3:55) 
1.03 - Ezra - Garden Gate (2:47) 
1.04 - Ezra - Contrabuffoon (5:04) 
1.05 - Ezra - Banjaleena (4:45) 
1.06 - Ezra - Cowboy Walks (4:58) 
1.07 - Ezra - The Jolly Jolliff (4:24) 
1.08 - Ezra - Beedabumbum (4:25) 
1.09 - Ezra - Dix-neuf (3:51)

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