New Cool Collective

The long-lived Dutch group New Cool Collective, born during the late 1990s and working well into the 21st century, play a unique, energetic mix of jazz, dance, Latin, salsa, Afrobeat, and boogaloo. Their M.O. is always creating musically intriguing, danceable grooves in a compelling mix of arrangements, interplay, and improvisation, as evidenced by 1998's More Soul Jazz Latin Flavours Nineties Vibes and 2015's Electric Monkey Sessions. A hard-touring unit, they have covered the ground in Benelux, Great Britain, Germany, Africa, Canada, Russia, and Asia, playing in hipster jazz...