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Plunky & Oneness | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Name Brand Records
• ASIN: B00004SVIQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #945,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Also Rises

2. By Special Request

3. Love Changes

4. When & Where You

5. I Believe I Can Fly

6. Do Drob Inn

7. I-95 North

8. Love's Will Be Done

9. Chriscross Hopscotch

10. [Untitled]

11. [Untitled]

12. [Untitled]

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Plunky & Oneness is led by veteran saxophonist, J. Plunky Branch. A performer, songwriter and producer, Plunky is also president of his own record company, N.A.M.E. BRAND RECORDS, through which he has released 14 albums. Plunky was a studio musician for television's top-rated "The Cosby Show". He has toured in Europe, where he performed with his own group in London and also with the Soulciety all-star revue which played Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Plunky has twice toured Ghana, West Africa, once for the Ghana National Commission on Children, and again as a cultural specialist for the U.S. Information Agency.

With his group, Plunky & Oneness, he has opened shows for numerous stars, including Patti Labelle, Ray Charles, Najee, Yellow Jackets, and Frankie Beverly & Maze. Plunky’s group performed at the New Orleans World’s Fair, at the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta and at the Hampton Jazz Festival in his native Virginia. For more than 10 years Plunky has toured continuously with support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA).

Plunky’s career accomplishments are as varied as his music and his diverse interests, which include: African art and culture, history, digital technology, politics and the media. In addition to being a musician, J. Plunky Branch is also an administrator, lecturer and teacher. He has been a frequent arts panelist for the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Plunky is a two-time recipient of the NEA Jazz fellowships and he served on the Governor's Task Force for the Promotion of the Arts in Virginia. He has been Director of the Jazz Ensemble at Virginia Union University as well as instructor of Afro-American Music History at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.