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Plunky's sax
to play RAAC
show May 23
James Plunky Branch, a world-class saxophonist, will perform his unique blend of jazz, rhythm and blues, African music, reggae, blues and rap in a concert sponsored by the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community (RAAC), 8 p.m. Saturday, May 23 in The Theatre at Washington, Va.
Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Ticket outlets include Mountainside Market, Faith Mountain Co., Hackley’s Store, the Royal Oak Bookstore in Front Royal, Culpeper Music, and New Leaf Bookstore and The Natural Marketplace in Warrenton.
For more information, call 675-3193.
“Plunky," a world class saxophonist, vocalist, producer, songwriter and lecturer, makes music for the Nineties. On his latest recording, “Move Into the Light” (N.A.M.E. Brand Records), Plunky has elevated to new heights world oneness music, urban contemporary jazz, new dance funk, hip-hop and saxy rap.
His accomplishments are as varied as his musics. Over the past two years Plunky has enthralled audiences across America and internationally.
He has been a studio musician for television’s top rated “The Cosby Show”; toured Ghana, West Africa, for that nation’s National Commission on Children with his group, Plunky and Oneness; opened shows for Ray Charles, Najee and Yellowjackets; taught courses at Virginia Union and Virginia Commonwealth universities; been an artist-in-residence with public school systems; and continued to tour the state of Virginia under the auspicies of the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
The release of "Move Into the Light” and touring with his outstanding band and show will surely move Plunky into the limelight of even more international acclaim.
Throughout the ’70s and ’80s J. Plunky Branch has moved his life and his groups through a hectic and exciting expedition of musical diversity, thrilling club and concert goers with his R&B, jazz, funk, fusion, urbanpop, African, go-go and reggae—almost every kind of sax mastery contemporary music can offer.
A retrospective of this ongoing musical adventure begins in the restless music scenes of San Francisco and New York City.
The journey subsequently shifts to concerts in Washington, D.C., for visiting dignitaries; to festivals in New Orleans for the World’s Fair; to all-night jams in West Africa with the likes of Fela A. Kuti at the Extended Jazz Family; to university campuses for solo performances and lectures; and home to Richmond for the state’s Commission for the Arts tours.
Plunky has entertained and taught thousands, and in the process, he has developed a broad-based following. During his 1987 West African tour, critics proclaimed Plunky “one of the greatest living saxophonists.”
Plunky cut his musical teeth in San Francisco with South African expatriot Ndikho Xaba and his group, The Natives.
Then Plunky formed the group, Jqju (later to be named Oneness of Juju).
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