Kid Creole and the Coconuts

American band

jazz

Country: United States
Record labels: Island Records, ZE Records
Discography: 20 albums

Biography

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is a jazz group in New York City. Members include August Darnell. Record labels: Island Records and ZE Records. The discography here lists 20 albums, from “Off the Coast of Me” (1980) to “I Wake Up Screaming” (2011).

Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by singer August "Kid Creole" Darnell with percussionist Andy Hernandez and singer Adriana Kaegi. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco and Latin American, Caribbean, and big band jazz in the vein of Cab Calloway. The Coconuts are a trio of female backing vocalists/dancers, founded and originally choreographed and costumed by Kaegi.

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Members

August Darnell

Discography

Studio and live albums

Off the Coast of Me 1980 · ZE Records Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places 1981 · ZE Records

Live at Rockpalast 1982 1982 · Live

Tropical Gangsters 1982 · ZE Records Doppelganger 1983 · Island

In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes 1985

I, Too, Have Seen the Woods 1987

Private Waters in the Great Divide 1990

You Shoulda Told Me You Were… 1991

KC2 PLAYS K2C 1993

Stool Pigeon 1993 · Live

To Travel Sideways 1993

Live 1994

Kiss Me Before The Light Changes 1995

Haiti 1996

The Conquest of You 1997

Too Cool to Conga 2001

Anthology Volumes 1 & 2 2009

I Wake Up Screaming 2011

Stool Pigeon Live

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Frequently asked questions

What are Kid Creole and the Coconuts's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Off the Coast of Me (1980), Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places (1981), Tropical Gangsters (1982) and Doppelganger (1983).

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