Bill Evans, from North Plainfield, is “one of the greatest pianists” according to Herbie Hancock. The genius of Bill Evans lay in how he utilized harmonic structures to create almost an impressionist interpretation of the jazz idiom.

Inducted posthumously into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the story of Clyde McPhatter can only be construed as a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

No one, not even Bruce, ever actually named one of his albums ‘New Jersey.’ Back then, JonBon, as we used to call him, wore his Jersey roots on his sleeve. Literally.