Benjamin Herman (9-5-1968) started playing the saxophone when he was twelve. Now, more than 20 years later, he has made a fantastic career and is considered to be Holland’s pride and joy on the saxophone. Not only did he start the successfull New Cool Collective and the New Cool Collective Big Band, he also performed all over the world with many great artists like a.o. Candy Dulfer, Michiel Borstlap, Saskia Laroo, Fra Fra Big Band, Rein de Graaf, Jesse van Ruller, Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, Idris Muhammad, Larry Goldings, Misha Mengelberg en The MetropoolOrchestra