Kool & the Gang says there’s no age limit on cool
In trademark shades and wide-collared open shirts, Kool & The Gang claim there is no age limit to being cool as the group returns with a new CD, its first studio album in 10 years.
Formed in New Jersey in 1964, the group has gone through several musical phases over the years, ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues, funk and disco. “Still Kool,” from Universal’s New Door Records.
Two of the four original band members, Robert “Kool” Bell, 56, and his 55-year-old brother Ronald (also known by his Muslim name, Khalis Bayyan), said the group has moved on since its 1980s hits like “Joanna,” “Celebration,” “Get Down On It” and “Jungle Boogie.”
After falling off the public radar in the 1990s, the group is hoping a new generation of young musicians that has joined the band’s 12-man lineup — including Robert Bell’s son Hakim and 23-year-old singer Jirmad Gordon — will bring the group new success.
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