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] In 2015, Bruner appeared on Kamasi Washington's debut recording as a leader, The Epic.[3]

He is the brother of musician Stephen Lee Bruner, who is better known by his stage name Thundercat.

Discography

As leader

• Triumph (World Galaxy, 2017)

As sideman

Stanley Clarke

• Thunder, as S.M.V., with Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten (2008)
• The Stanley Clarke Band (2010)
• Up (2014)

George Duke

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

Flying Lotus

• You're Dead! (Warp, 2014)
• Flamagra (2019)

Kenny Garrett

• Seeds from the Underground (Mack Avenue, 2012)
• Do Your Dance! (2016)

Cameron Graves

• Planetary Prince (Mack Avenue, 2017)

Kendrick Lamar

• To Pimp a Butterfly (Top Dawg, 2015)

Terrace Martin

• Velvet Portraits (Sounds of Crenshaw, 2016)

Suicidal Tendancies

• 13 (Suicidal, 2013)

Kamasi Washington

• The Epic (Brainfeeder, 2015)
• Harmony of Difference (Young Turks, 2017)
• Heaven and Earth (Young Turks, 2018)

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. "BIO". Kamasiwashington.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.