Benjamin Herman

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

The alto saxophonist Benjamin Herman was born in London and grew up in Amsterdam. He founded the New Cool Collective, a group that mixes jazz with Latin, soul and dance music in the spirit of acid jazz. He also makes albums under his own name, such as Campert, with words by the poet Remco Campert, and Bughouse (2018), with the guitarist Reinier Baas. Herman is a fixture on Dutch stages and at festivals, and plays both hard bop and funky dance music.

Listening

• 
  Scuzzy Skank · New Cool Collective, 2008
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  Trouble · Benjamin Herman, 2014
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  Arrival of the Swifts · Benjamin Herman (met Reinier Baas), 2018

Discography

Studio albums

• 1999Get in
• 2002Benjamin Herman Plays Jaki Byard
• 2005The Itch
• 2006The London Session
• 2007Campert
• 2008Hypochristmastreefuzz
• 2009Blue Sky Blond
• 2012Deal
• 2014Trouble
• 2015The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
• 2017Quartet-NL
• 2018Bughouse
• 2018Project S
• 2021When Will the Blues Leave
• 2022True Love's Flame
• 2023Nostalgia Blitz

Other work

• 2008Out of Office · New Cool Collective

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 4^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Jazz in the Netherlands GenreLater came Candy Dulfer, the New Cool Collective of Benjamin Herman and the guitarist Reinier Baas, among others.

See also

• Jazz in the Netherlands