The Jason Lee Bruns Collective is an eight piece group based in Los Angeles, led by drummer and composer Jason Lee Bruns and currently featuring vocalist Kevin Bachelder. Together the group explores their diverse musical influences through the context of a jazz lens, including their unique and non-traditional arrangements of standards and hummable original compositions. In addition, for the rest of the collective, they hired top, local Japanese jazz artists for the duration of the tour. The collective consists of the following members:
Piano:Yuichi Inoue
Bass: Yoshimasa Otsuka
Drums: Jason Lee Bruns (from LA)
Guitar: Shunji Takenaka
Sax: Kazuhiko Kondo
Trumpet: Keiji Matushima
Trombone: Hideaki Nakaji
Vocal: Kevin Bachelder (from LA)