Ronald Bruner Jr.

Ronald Ray Bruner Jr. (born October 5, 1982) is an American jazz drummer, composer and producer. He has played with hardcore punk/crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies.[1] Bruner was part of the band that received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2010 for The Stanley Clarke Band.[2]

He is the brother of musician Stephen Lee Bruner, who is better known by his stage name Thundercat. He frequently performs alongside Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, and Terrace Martin as a member of the Los Angeles jazz collective West Coast Get Down.[3] In 2015, he appeared with the collective on Washington's major-label debut album, The Epic.[4]

Discography

As leader
  • Triumph (World Galaxy, 2017)

As sideman

Stanley Clarke

George Duke

  • Déjà Vu (2010)
  • Brazilian Fusion (2013)

Flying Lotus

Kenny Garrett

Cameron Graves

  • Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue, 2017)

Kendrick Lamar

Terrace Martin

Suicidal Tendencies

  • 13 (Suicidal, 2013)

Kamasi Washington

References
  1. "Suicidal Tendencies: Footage from We the People Festival posted online". Blabbermouth. 29 September 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  2. "Grammy Award Results for Ronald Bruner Jr". grammy.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. Hobbs, Thomas (26 June 2020). "The history of the West Coast Get Down, LA's jazz giants". Dazed. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. "BIO". Kamasiwashington.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
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