Fall 2023

Thundercat Sunday 8:15-9:15 pm Jimmy Lyons Stage 92 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 3 E very few decades or so, an artist comes along who shakes up the norm and changes the game of their chosen instrument. Bassist Thundercat (aka Stephen Bruner) first came to prominence as a founding member of crossover thrash pioneers Suicidal Tendencies and has since joined the ranks of Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Christian McBride (among others) who have upset listener’s expectations of what can be done with a bass. Thundercat’s career has expanded to include collaborations with Kamasi Washington, Cameron Grave and Ronald Bruner Jr. (as The Young Jazz Giants) and he has taken home Grammys for his contribution to Kendrick Lamar’s track “These Walls” from the album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” and one for Best Progressive R&B album for his own 2020 offer- ing “It Is What It Is.” His MJF appearance is a highly anticipated event and is a prime example of Tim Jackson’s long-standing policy of bringing out-of-the-box type artists to the forefront of the festival.