1. Benjamin Herman is best known as an alto saxophonist and as leader of the jazz band New Cool Collective.
12 Facts About Benjamin Herman
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Benjamin Herman's mother is Dutch; his father was a rabbi and worked as a psychotherapist.
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At the age of twelve, Benjamin Herman started playing the saxophone.
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When he was seventeen, Benjamin Herman played for the first time at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
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Benjamin Herman studied at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.
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In 1993, Benjamin Herman founded New Cool Collective, an eight-piece band with influences from jazz, soul and Latin music.
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Benjamin Herman composes the music for this band, as well as the bigger New Cool Collective Big Band, and is the leader of both.
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In 2012, Benjamin Herman released the album Deal, which is the soundtrack of Eddy Terstalls move of the same name.
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Benjamin Herman recorded this album with Jesse van Ruller, Joost Kroon, Manuel Hugas, Carlo de Wijs and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Benjamin Herman released a new solo album, Cafe Solo, in July 2013, featuring Ernst Glerum and Joost Patocka.
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Besides his usual rhythm section of Ernst Glerum and Joost Patocka, Benjamin Herman is accompanied by the Spanish pianist Miguel Rodriguez, who has been the house pianist for De Kring sessions for the last 1.5 years.
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Benjamin Herman is incredibly musical and ideas just kept flowing.