Kid Creole & the Coconuts

Kid Creole & the Coconuts is an American band created and led by August Darnell a.k.a. "Kid Creole". Their music incorporates styles like big band jazz, disco, and (in particular) Caribbean/Latin American salsa.

The band's debut album was the heavily disco-influenced Off the Coast of Me (1980). Follow-ups included Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places (1981), Tropical Gangsters (1982), and I, Too, Have Seen the Woods (1987).