Ronald Bruner Jr.
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ronald Bruner Jr.
| image = Ronald Bruner, Jr. 0125.jpg
| caption = Bruner performing with The Stanley Clarke Band in June 2010
| birth_name = Ronald Ray Bruner Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|05}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|jazz fusion|funk|jazz-funk|avant-garde jazz|crossover thrash}}
| occupations = {{hlist|Musician|composer|songwriter|record producer}}
| instruments = Drums
| years_active = 2000–present
| label =
| current_member_of = West Coast Get Down
| past_member_of = {{hlist|Young Jazz Giants|The Stanley Clarke Band|Suicidal Tendencies}}
| website =
}}
Ronald Ray Bruner Jr. (born October 5, 1982) is an American drummer, composer and producer. He has played with hardcore punk/crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105821|title=Suicidal Tendencies: Footage from We the People Festival posted online|date=September 29, 2008|publisher=Blabbermouth|access-date=June 12, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223229/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105821|archive-date=June 6, 2011}} Bruner was part of the band that received a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2010 for The Stanley Clarke Band.{{cite web |title=Grammy Award Results for Ronald Bruner Jr. |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ronald-bruner-jr |website=grammy.com |access-date=February 27, 2020}}
He is the older brother of musicians Stephen Bruner (better known as Thundercat) and Jameel Bruner (also known as Kintaro). He frequently performs alongside Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, and cousin Terrace Martin as a member of the Los Angeles jazz collective West Coast Get Down.{{cite web |last1=Hobbs |first1=Thomas |title=The history of the West Coast Get Down, LA’s jazz giants |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/49630/1/west-coast-get-down-los-angeles-jazz-collective-interview |website=Dazed |access-date=January 9, 2023 |language=en |date=June 26, 2020}} In 2015, he appeared with the collective on Washington's major-label debut album, The Epic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kamasiwashington.com/bio|title=BIO|website=Kamasiwashington.com|access-date=January 30, 2020}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of studio albums, with year released ! scope="col" style="width:11em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Album details |
| scope="row" | Triumph
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=Other appearances=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Artist ! Release ! Additional information |
|---|
| 2004
| Young Jazz Giants | Young Jazz Giants | rowspan="2" | Drums on full album |
| 2007 |
| 2008
| SMV | Thunder | Drums on "Maestros de Las Frecuencias Bajas", "Lil' Victa" and "Grits" |
| 2009
| Year of the Cycos | Drums on "It's Automatic" |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| rowspan="4" | Drums on full album |
| George Duke
| Déjà Vu |
| Suicidal Tendencies |
| 2012 |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Suicidal Tendencies | 13 | Drums on "God Only Knows Who I Am", "Till My Last Breath" and "Life... (Can't Live with It, Can't Live Without It)" |
| George Duke
| Brazillian Fusion | Drums on full album |
| 2014
| Drums on "Cold Dead" |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Drums on "The Blacker the Berry" |
| Kamasi Washington
| The Epic | Drums on "Isabelle", "Final Thought", "The Rhythm Changes", "Miss Understanding", "Seven Prayers", "Henrietta Our Hero", "The Magnificent 7", "Re Run Home", "Malcolm's Theme" and "The Message" |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Drums on "Curly Martin" |
| Kenny Garrett
| ''Do Your Dance! | rowspan="4" | Drums on full album |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Cameron Graves | Planetary Prince |
| rowspan="2" | Kamasi Washington |
| 2018 |
| 2019
| Flying Lotus | Flamagra | Drums on "Takashi" and "Thank U Malcolm"; backing vocals on "Find Your Own Way Home" |
| 2020
| Drums on "Innerstellar Love" |
| 2021
| Kenny Garrett | Sounds From the Ancestors | Drums on full album |
| 2024
| Kamasi Washington | Drums on "Lesanu", "Asha the First", "The Visionary", "Together", "The Garden Path", "Interstellar Peace (The Last Stance)", "Road to Self (KO)", "Lines in the Sand" and "Prologue"; composition on "Get Lit" |
| 2025
| Drums and co-production on "5 Dollar Pony Rides" |
References
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