caption years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin
from an album cover . 1969 -- 1976 , 1995 prestige records , milestone records funk , inc. .
 bobby hunt -lrb- july 27th 1940-april 12 , 2015 -rrb- watley eugene barr steve weakley jimmy munford cecil group_or_band funk , soul , jazz funk , soul jazz indianapolis , indiana
funk , inc. .

funk , inc. was a jazz funk/soul jazz group founded in indianapolis , indiana in 1969 by bobby watley , eugene barr , steve weakley , jimmy munford and cecil hunt .
during the 1970s they were signed to the prestige records label for whom they recorded five albums , though they later disbanded in 1976 .
