Kool & The Gang in Oxon Hill-Glassmanor

Kool & The Gang are an American band formed in Jersey City in 1964 by Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell and friends. Their music spans jazz-funk, soul, disco and R&B, and the group is known for “Jungle Boogie,” “Ladies’ Night,” “Celebration,” “Get Down on It” and “Cherish.” In 1971, the album Live at P.J.’s documented their early jazz-funk repertoire at the Hollywood club. Decades later, Kool & The Gang performed on the West Holts Stage at Glastonbury in 2011, then opened selected North American dates for Van Halen on the 2012 A Different Kind of Truth Tour.