Effective period / Period of releases: 1998 - 2021

Members: Benjamin Herman, David Kweksilber, Jos De Haas, Frank Van Dok, Willem Friede, Jan van Duikeren, Wouter Schueler, David Rockefeller, Erwin Zimmerman, Jelle Schouten, Frans Cornelissen, Bart Lust, Anton Goudsmit, Rory Ronde, Joost Kroon, Leslie Lopez, Efraim Trujillo, Joe Rivera (2), Miguel Martinez (3), Kees Adolfsen, André Pet, Bart van Gorp (2)

Holland's hipper than hip New Cool Collective are led by renowned Dutch saxophonist and composer Benjamin Herman. Formed in 1994 from a loose collective of some of Holland’s finest jazz players, their music is a fresh and visceral mix of highly danceable soul and jazz, spiced with Latin flavors. Their trademark power stems from their fiercely grooving rhythm section, complemented by Herman’s innovative arrangements which fuse big-band horn charts with live DJ-inspired beats.