Warwick, who lives in South Orange, was one of two New Jersey inductees honored at this year’s ceremony — the other was Jersey City’s Kool & the ... of his favorite bass players ever.

It was 1978, and nearly a decade into their recording career, Kool & the Gang - the once-dominant jazz ... were funky and ...

Leader of the American funk and rhythm and blues band Kool ... bass and Ronald picking up an array of horns, the duo formed the Jazziacs in 1964 with several neighbourhood friends: trombone player ...