Descended from the cultural mecca of prosperous, progressive Black DC, and born of the heady early days of DC home rule, now a vital reminder of that vision we once shared with the world.
Black Fire Records—like its founder, DC native, Navy veteran, and WHUR radio personality Jimmy Gray—was and is dedicated to boundary-pushing, spiritual, afrocentric jazz and uplifting street symphonies for a new age.
Though originally released over a three-decade period, most of the recordings are from the 1970s. Since that time, Black Fire’s musical mastermind and founder of Richmond’s Oneness of Juju, James “Plunky” Branch, has carried the torch and continues to this day.
Black Fire Records—like its founder, DC native, Navy veteran, and WHUR radio personality Jimmy Gray—was and is dedicated to boundary-pushing, spiritual, afrocentric jazz and uplifting street symphonies for a new age.
Though originally released over a three-decade period, most of the recordings are from the 1970s. Since that time, Black Fire’s musical mastermind and founder of Richmond’s Oneness of Juju, James “Plunky” Branch, has carried the torch and continues to this day.
