Grammy winner Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases his debut jazz CD Miles High today. “Are You Ready," the debut single with Skip on trumpet and vocals, features Wayman Tisdale ...

Thank you for your interest in Spooky Kool, Your Friend in the Spiritual Age. America's fastest growing band, Spooky Kool provides each listener music that speaks to your spirit while entertaining ...

Kool & the Gang will headline the 26th Annual Celebrate Anderson Festival on August 31, 2025. The free community festival requires attendees to obtain tickets through AndersonEvents.com. Robert "Kool" ...

The Pulse: Tobago Jazz experience set for April. Why it Rates: Caribbean jazz festival season means fans of jazz as well as soul, R&B and hip hop genres will have multiple chances to see A-list stars ...

Just before disco reached mainstream status in 1974 with the Hues Corporation’s “Rock the Boat,” live funk bands dominated at clubs in many urban markets. The bump was a dance rage, and Kool & the ...

Las Vegas, NV, March 21, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Laura Shaffer, currently completing her "Julie London Songbook" for RKO Records, has just concluded a weekend guest stint with the legendary Art Vargas in ...

Ronald “Khalis” Bell, the singer, songwriter and saxophonist whose group Kool & the Gang became one of the most celebrated and musically eclectic funk bands in the 1970s and beyond, died Wednesday at ...

George Wein, the impresario behind the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, produced his first local event in 1970, but had found earlier success with the Newport Jazz Festival in New York, founded ...

For the members of Kool & The Gang, Mother definitely knows best. “I can still hear my momma say ‘stay together and write something that somebody’s going to remember.’” Ronald “Khalis” Bell said. They ...