E veryone in the band knew there was a problem, even if they didn’t know exactly how to fix it. It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz ...

Everyone in the band knew there was a problem, even if they didn’t know exactly how to fix it. It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang — the once-dominant jazz ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to a patron of the party, musician George Brown of the band Kool & The Gang, about his new book, new record, and the "Celebration" of a long and funky career. KOOL AND THE ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Kool & The Gang, which will be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, is one of those bands that many folks, even funk and R&B aficionados can take for ...

NEW YORK — George “Funky” Brown, the co-founder and longtime drummer of Kool & The Gang who helped write such hits as “Too Hot,” “Ladies Night,” “Joanna” and the party favorite “Celebration,” died ...

Robert "Kool" Bell, the last surviving original member of Kool & the Gang, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. - Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images Kool & the Gang bandleader Robert ...

After Alphabeat disappeared following the release of 2010's The Beat Is..., we'll admit that we feared the worst. On the contrary, the band have been hard at work in the studio working independently ...

Michael Sumler, who spent years working with the venerable soul-funk group Kool & the Gang as both an onstage hype man and a behind-the-scenes stylist, died Sunday in a car crash in Georgia. He was 71 ...