Gene Dunlap (born June 19, 1954 in Detroit, Michigan),[2] is an American jazz/soul/disco drummer[1] and bandleader.

Gene Dunlap was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and he began playing drums as a high school student.

In later years, he also performed with Roy Ayers, who played the vibraphone, and guitarist Grant Green.

[3] Afterward, he rejoined Earl Klugh during the mid-1970s,[1] to record a series of albums during a period of 20 years, including some albums for Capitol Records.

[4] After 1994, Dunlap quit performing and taught inner city youth in Detroit, but returned as a bandleader/drummer in April 2000.