Plunky Branch, seen here at his Richmond home near Byrd Park, is preparing for Plunky Day in RVA at Kanawha Plaza on Friday, July 19.
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A Plunky good time
Concert to bring jazz icon’s multifaceted legacy to life
James “Plunky” Branch is an educator. A label founder. A mentor to multiple generations of instrumentalists and a founding father of the Richmond Jazz Society. His early musical travels included formative stints in San Francisco and New York, but 2024 marks his 50th year of performing after returning to his native Richmond, and he’ll celebrate by staging a concert dubbed Plunky Day in RVA on Friday, July 19, at Kanawha Plaza. The event promises to tie together threads of the soon-to-be 77-year-old’s varied legacy.
