Very Cool People

With a solid backbone in jazz, funk and soul, incorporating influences from surf, klezmer, rock and hip-hop, Very Cool People have been putting jazz & funk back on the dancefloor since 2007. Hailing from Riga, Latvia, the band has lit up clubs and festivals from Estonia to Romania, from Spain to South Korea. Always open to new experiments, Very Cool People have collaborated with plenty of guest artists from a bunch of countries. Even if they are a live band more than anything else, they have eight studio albums behind their belt, well-received critically and nominated for awards as well. Here's the list: “Very Cool People” (2009, CD, digital) “Cruising In The Trolley” (2012, CD, digital) “Funkology” (2015, CD, digital) “Heya Some Kind Of Fish! We Don’t Know The Name Of This Fish In English, But In Latvian It’s Vimbas” (2017, CD, vinyl, digital) “Snowman’s Express” (2018, CD, digital) with Kristīne Prauliņa & Ralfs Eilands “Caution! Contains Words!” (2019, CD, digital)
“Koncertprogramma Pa Apli” (2020, CD, digital) with Edavārdi, ansis & Kristīne Prauliņa.
Upcoming eight album (will be released autumn 2021):
“50 years of influence + 30 years of cool equals 13 years of music hooliganism” (2021, CD, vinyl, digital)

Awards

Album "Very Cool People" (2009) Nominations at Latvian Music Awards "Best Debut", "Best Instrumental album"; Single "Hugo" (2010) Nomination at Latvian Music Awards "Best Music Video"; Albumm "Cruising In The Trolley" (2012) Nominations at Latvian Music Awards "Best Jazz album"; Albumm "Funkology" (2015) Nominations at Latvian Music Awards "Best Jazz & Blues album; Albumm "Heya Some Kind Of Fish! We Don't Know The Name Of This Fish In English, But In Latvian It Is Vimbas" (2017) Nominations at Latvian Music Awards "Best Jazz & Blues album; Single "Labirints" (2019) Nomination at Latvian Music Awards "Best Music Video"; Albums "Koncertprogramma Pa Apli" (2020) Nomination at Latvian Music Awards "Best Jazz & Funk album".

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