New Cool Collective

Name: New Cool Collective
Start: 2026-12-29T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-29T23:30:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Tue, 29 Dec 2026 · 20:30

De Oosterpoort, Groningen

concert Jazz party

New Cool Collective performs at De Oosterpoort with a programme that combines jazz, dance, Latin, salsa and afrobeat.

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About: New Cool Collective

Founded in 1993 by Benjamin Herman and DJ Graham B, New Cool Collective has spent more than three decades playing an irresistible mix of jazz, afrobeat and Latin grooves - as a tight eight-piece or as a full 19-piece big band. Two Edison Awards and collaborations with Tony Allen and Georgie Fame have cemented their place among the Netherlands' most beloved live acts.

2×

Edison Award won (2000 and 2018)

20+

studio albums released

45+

releases on Discogs

6.691

followers on Bandsintown

What's new

2025-10
On October 3, 2025, the live album On Tour was released, recorded during the sold-out anniversary shows at Paradiso, Carré, LantarenVenster, SPOT and Doornroosje.
2025
After a special evening at Het Concertgebouw with special guests Kymara and Nana Adjoa, the live album On Tour was released as a direct result of those shows.
2024
In 2024, New Cool Collective celebrated their 30th anniversary with sold-out shows throughout the country and released the album Everything Is OK.

Tour

Den HaagHaarlemRotterdamAmsterdamHelmondLondon

Tracks

Trippin'Title track from the album of the same name from 2005, featuring Afrobeat legend Tony Allen on drums

ThiernoCollaboration with Senegalese saxophonist Thierno Koité; earned the band an Edison Award in 2018

So CoolClassic from the early years, one of the band's most streamed songs

Everything Is OKTitle track from the anniversary album from 2024, released on the occasion of the band's 30th anniversary

On Tour (Live)Live album from October 2025, recorded at Paradiso, Carré and other Dutch venues

Recent shows

May 31, 2026 De Kampanje Koninklijke Marine Stadshal - Clubsetting, Den Helder
Sep 6, 2025 Openluchttheater de Pinkenberg, Rozendaal
Jan 24, 2025 Bud Stage, Hengelo

New Cool Collective

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