Gene Dunlap
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Gene Dunlap, born June 19, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan, is an American jazz/soul/disco drummer and bandleader.
[edit]
Life and work
Gene Dunlap was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and he began playing drums as a high school student. He joined the guitarist Earl Klugh as a drummer. In later years, he also performed with Roy Ayers, who played the vibraphone, and guitarist Grant Green.
Afterward, he rejoined Earl Klugh during the mid-1970s, to record a series of albums during a period of 20 years, including some albums for Capitol Records. After 1994, Dunlap quit performing and taught inner city youth in Detroit, but returned as a bandleader/drummer in April 2000.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Gene Dunlap" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
