Year : 1970
Label : De-Lite
Genre : Jazz, Soul
Style : Funk/Soul
Debut album of killer funk group from New Jersey recorded in 1969. Kool & The Gang were formed by the Robert & Ronald Bell brothers on the Jazziacs' ashes, a high-school jazz band founded in 1964. In 1969, they signed on De-Lite Records until the early eighties. In the late seventies, they recruit famous brasilian arranger Eumir Deodato and new lead singer James Taylor. They gain international audience in 1979 with the "Ladies' Night" album following the Disco explosion. Titles include only instrumental tracks whose their anthem "Kool & The Gang", declined in three variations, and "Give It Up" sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for "Scenario", Beastie Boys for "Professor Booty" and Cypress Hill for "The Phuncky Feel One".
MUSICIANS : Robert 'Kool' Bell - bass - Ronald 'Khalis' Bell - tenor & soprano saxophone, keyboards - Dennis 'DT' Thomas - alto saxophone, flute, percussions - Robert 'Spike' Mickens - trumpet - Claydes 'Charles' Smith - guitar - Georges 'Funky' Brown - drums
MUSICIANS : Robert 'Kool' Bell - bass - Ronald 'Khalis' Bell - tenor & soprano saxophone, keyboards - Dennis 'DT' Thomas - alto saxophone, flute, percussions - Robert 'Spike' Mickens - trumpet - Claydes 'Charles' Smith - guitar - Georges 'Funky' Brown - drums
