This Isn’t Old Man Music: Kool & The Gang
I Am All In with Scott Patterson
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
His song "Celebrate" played in the Gilmore Girls series finale, the co-founding member of Kool & The Gang, Robert “Kool” Bell joins Scott for a chat about his legendary career.
He shares his beginnings from Jersey City to learning how to play music from New York City Jazz clubs, and what it truly feels to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is a conversation you won’t want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | I am all in. |
| 0:08.9 | More, more, more. |
| 0:12.0 | I want to kiss you more. |
| 0:14.8 | More, more. |
| 0:17.7 | I want to kiss you more. |
| 0:20.0 | This isn't old man Music with Scott Patterson. |
| 0:23.6 | Everything you've ever wanted to know about the music of Gilmore Girls. |
| 0:28.1 | Hey everybody, Scott Patterson. |
| 0:29.4 | I'm all in podcast, 111 Productions, Iheart Radio, Media, Iheart podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | This isn't Old Man Music. |
| 0:43.4 | Episode two, and I have a very, very special guest, the one and only founder of Cool and the gang, Robert Cool Bell. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome, Robert. |
| 0:51.1 | Let me tell everybody a little bit about your accomplishments and buckle up everybody because it's going to take a while. |
| 0:59.0 | He's a co-founder, leader, and master bassist for the legendary Grammy-winning rock and roll Hall of Famers, Cool and the gang. |
| 1:08.3 | Cool and his family immigrated to Jersey City, New Jersey in the early 60s. Shortly thereafter, |
| 1:15.0 | Cool and his brother Ronald joined neighborhood friends. |
| 1:18.7 | Spike Mickens, Dennis, Thomas, Ricky Westfield, George |
| 1:22.5 | Brown, and Charles Smith to create a distinctive musical blend |
| 1:26.2 | of jazz soul and funk. |
| 1:28.6 | At first calling themselves the Jazziacs, and the band went through various name changes, |
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