Urban Jazz Saxophonist Plunky Unleashes New Disc, “Plunky On Fire” (Avail Now)

Funk Jazz & R&B Sax And Hot Vocals Added To International Soul Message Music With Live Clips

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(Free-Press-Release.com) March 17, 2011 —

J. Plunky Branch’s new release, Plunky On Fire, is a funk jazz concept
album that burns across a wide swath of the urban contemporary music
landscape. Plunky On Fire takes us on a musical journey through
down-tempo funk jazz; house-tempo dance; R&B love songs; spoken
word; smooth mellow jazz; novelty funk; world soul message music; live
gig clips and thought leader lecturing, all on one chockfull compact
disc.

Saxophonist J. Plunky Branch and his group
Plunky & Oneness create musical theater that combines the quirkiness
of George Clinton and the musicality of George Duke with the vocal
poetics of Jill Scott and Gil Scott Heron. Plunky’s words and melodies
are crafted over hip-hop influenced instrumental tracks produced by his
son, Jamiah “Fire” Branch, hence the double entendre CD title. 

The father-son duo has produced an album of 14 new songs that are both
retro and ultramodern, a new organic-techno soul music that is jazzy,
funky and highly danceable. Two songs are targeted for initial airplay:
“On Fire,” a hot, sax driven dance instrumental with a vocal hook; and
“Inside These Walls” a quiet storm love song featuring Chyp Green on
lead vocals. 

Released on his own N.A.M.E. Brand Records
label, this, Plunky’s 25th album, will be available at CDBaby.com and
all the most popular online sites, including i-tunes, Rhapsody and
Napster. CD’s will be distributed to record stores by Liaison Record
Distributors of Maryland. The March 29th release date also kicks off the
Plunky & Oneness promotional touring in support of the new CD. 

Plunky & Oneness is one of the most versatile and enduring funk jazz
groups, having toured in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US, in Europe,
Africa and the Caribbean for over 25 years. They have appeared in
concert and at festivals with some of the biggest names in Black music,
including Earth Wind & Fire, Frankie Beverly & Maze, B.B. King,
Patti Labelle, Ray Charles, LL Cool J, Chuck Brown, Wyclef Jean and many
others.

Plunky has also been active in music education
and arts and culture presentations and some of his insights on
aesthetics and African concepts of the groove are presented as
interludes on the album. His positive empowerment and political messages
are infused in the lyrics of several of the songs as well. He comments,
“I just think it’s important to inspire people to reach for their
highest aspirations and I believe it can be done while we’re having fun;
what some call partying with a purpose.”