BRUNS & BACHÉ (FKA “Bruns Collective with Kevin Baché”) is a Los Angeles based music group and originator of the retro-soul music genre. Noted for their vintage sound that combines a jazz rhythm section, a three-piece horn section and backup singers with pop songwriting sensibilities. BRUNS & BACHÉ do to jazz what the Rolling Stones did to blues.

Founded in 2010 by drummer/producer Jason Lee BRUNS [Bruhns] and fronted by vocalist/songwriter Kevín Baché [bah-shay]. This 10-piece ensemble boasts a who's-who of L.A.'s A-list session players of whom have recorded with major label artists including Ray Charles, Michael Bublé, Ziggy Marley, Maria Schneider, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Arturo Sandoval, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Phil Collins.

The band has been performing to sold-out audiences at Southern California’s top venues for over a decade at Catalina Jazz Club, Herb Alpert's Vibrato, Vitello’s, various Santa Monica music series, and Jazz at LACMA. In 2017 and 2019 they completed multi-city tours in Japan.

Their past two albums were Top-10 charting (College Music Journal, Roots Music Report) airing on 300+ radio stations nationwide. Several songs from the “Cherry Avenue” album enjoyed weekly spins on L.A.’s #1 jazz station K-JAZZ 88.1FM for over a year. 

The American dream came true for Catalina Popescu in October of 1986 when she and her husband Bob created a supper club devoted to serving an experience of superb eats and the shared magic of live performance. That grand experience began at the door where every night her mother Maria would greet each guest as family and share in their love of music. Housed in Hollywood and decked out in a timeless charm, the club offers a cozy ambience under sparkling stage lights garnished with its signature concoction — Jazz. The first artist to grace the stage was the masterful flutist and saxophonist Buddy Collette, and ever since then, over the past 36 years, the Catalina Jazz Club has hosted the most illustrious legends of all time — from the powerful puffers of Dizzy Gillespie to the electrified fingers of McCoy Tyner, the bubbly belt of Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lynda Carter, the flirtatious saxophone of Joshua Redman, the slick strumming of Kenny Burrell, the insane drum clinic of Steve Gadd, the romance of Steve Tyrell, and the masterclass of Mike Stern.

For Catalina, Jazz is our way of life. It breathes pain. It knows love. It dreams hope. It bleeds courage. Whether we’re showcasing Broadway, Soul, R&B, or stand-up comedy, the lesson learned from all the greats who have serenaded our spirits is how to connect to one another. And that’s why the Catalina Jazz Club will always have a table ready for you.

The Catalina Jazz Club has been honored by A.S.M.A.C., California Jazz Foundation, Los Angeles Jazz Society, and a City of Los Angeles Certificate of Appreciation on their 25th Anniversary, which was awarded by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the LA City Council which included then City Council member and current Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.