Which future Internet bandmate did Steve Lacy meet in high school jazz band?

Steve Lacy met his future Internet bandmate Jameel Bruner in high-school jazz band.

Bruner, a keyboardist, was already older and more experienced when he encountered Lacy, who was developing rapidly as a guitarist. Their meeting helped connect Lacy to the musicians who would eventually form the Los Angeles alternative R&B group the Internet.

Lacy later joined the Internet and contributed prominently to its 2015 album Ego Death. He produced eight tracks on that record, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The group’s lineup also included Syd, Matt Martians, Patrick Paige II and Christopher Smith.

The wording can cause confusion because several names in the options became Lacy’s future bandmates. But the specific high-school jazz-band connection is Jameel Bruner; the other musicians joined his story through the Internet rather than being the person identified in this anecdote.