The Cool
Play 'Uptown, Downtown (Play The Funky Music) '

The Cool aren’t just the hottest nu Funk band on the block they are the hottest band on the planet.

Forget Vulfpeck, Durand Bernarr, Free Nationals, PJ Morton, Gramatik; the Cool are next level collective ensemble - playing Gen Z Funk for millennials. Nu Phunk, Über phonk, skunk funk for charged Gen Aplha.

They’re keepin’ it real with urban gush muthafuckas.

They be from Cincinatti, South Africa, Jamaica, Cotton Edmonds and Vlarg. Slipping in and out of alt real, scraping old school funk vibes.

A couple are nepo babies carrying on ancestral tradition for the groove. Jaylan Kinderknecht is the grandson of Jimi Hendrix traced through three generations of super groupies. From Kate Hudson to Penny Lane Elektra has impeccable lineage to Rock Royalty with Noel Gallagher - or was it Liam?

Band members

  • Jaylan Kinderknecht
  • Johann Redfearn
  • Mtume Artur
  • Iggy Rijos
  • Benny Sutton
  • Julian Serre
  • Ringo Pospishil
  • Miles Van Der Keuren
  • Corey Slark
  • Dizzy Escobar
  • Elektra
  • Courtney Riviera
  • Stefani Germanotta
  • Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
  • Colson Baker
  • Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini
  • Laurie Adkins
  • Abel-Tesfaye-and-Onika-Maraj
  • Abel Tesfaye
  • Marshall Mathers
  • Shawn Corey Carter
  • Curtis James Jackson III
  • Alecia Moore
  • Eilleen Regina Edwards
  • Timothy Zachery Mosley
  • Trevor Taheim Smith, Jr.
  • Dana Elaine Owens
  • Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
  • Tim Bergling
  • Tracy Marrow
  • Andre Romelle Young

For the Calendar

A new artwork by Cynthia Albritton will be unveiled next week to celebrate The Cool’s heritage amongst Funk’s elite.

The Cool will be on World Tour from September starting in Europe and moving to the Far East before returning to the US. See Ticketmaster for more details.

In the meantime, rub off that skank face, the Cool is coming to a device near you!

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Gear: Fender amplifier   Fender Stratocaster   Gibson ES-339   

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2022
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