'70s R&B group "Kool & the Gang"

NEW YORK - CIRCA MID 1970s: R&B group "Kool & the Gang" pose for a mid 1970's portrait at the Kriegsmann studios in New York City. Robert Bell (known as "Kool") on bass (b. October 8, 1950, Youngstown, Ohio) and Ronald Bell on tenor saxophone (b. November 1, 1951, Youngstown, Ohio); George Brown on drums (b. January 5, 1949); Robert Mickens on trumpet; Dennis Thomas on alto saxophone; Claydes Charles Smith on guitar (b. September 6, 1948, d. June 20, 2006), trombonist Clifford Adams, and Rick Westfield on keyboards. (Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)