Kool and the Gang drummer George Brown interview with J-Zone (Jay Mumford). In a business where bands can form at college orientation, crank out hits, tour, implode violently and break up by graduation, Kool & The Gang is an anomaly. Celebrating an unfathomable 50th year in business back in 2014, Jersey City’s hometown band has firmly established itself in funk, jazz, R&B and pop, while paying a brief visit to all in between. Original Kool and the Gang drummer and key songwriter “Funky” George Brown was perhaps the most crucial disc in hip hop’s vertebrae. Like James Brown’s drummer, Clyde Stubblefield, George Brown’s brief solo opportunities at the drum kit eventually changed the way an entire genre of music was made. Read the full interview…

Drummer News Source: Red Bull Music Academy / Give the Drummer Some