Occupation(s) Bassist Years active 1981 - present | Name Jayen Varma Albums Ragazz | |
Birth name Kerala Varma Jaya Kumar Born 3 February 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-02-03 ) Origin Tripunithura, Cochin Kerala, India Genres Ragazz, Funk, Fusion, Experimental Instruments Bass guitar, Mridangam, Drums Role Bass player ยท jayenvarma.net Similar People Todd Taylor, Boy Mandeville, El Hachemi Guerouabi, Victor Wooten, Yves Carbonne Profiles | ||
Slap bass experimental jayen varma trinaad bassist with sumesh parameswar guitarist
Jayen Varma (born 3 February 1961) is an Indian electric bass player. He is known for developing tabla and mridangam style finger technique on bass guitar to play slap bass. The style developed by him is widely known as Indian slap bass, which won him fans around the globe and accolades from some of the great names in bass guitar like Jeff Berlin, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten etc. He belongs to the State of Kerala in India. He performs with the band Trinaad consisting of Indian classical vocalist Aparna Panshikar and French drummer Jean Davoisne.
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- Slap bass experimental jayen varma trinaad bassist with sumesh parameswar guitarist
- Indian slap bass jayen varma bassist
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- Personal life
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Indian slap bass jayen varma bassist
Film
He is also a playback singer. The single named 'The Country Song' in the Malayalam movie Koothara composed by Gopi Sundar was sung by him.
Personal life
Jayen was born to Kerala Varma and Thankamani in 1961 in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He is married to Kala Varma and has two daughters: Athira Varma and Aswathy Varma. He was working as a gazetted officer in Cochin Devaswom Board and later he took voluntary retirement to pursue a full-time music career.
Equipment
Jayen uses Indian hand made five string bass guitar with Kent Armstrong pickups. He is an official artist endorser of Gruv Gear FretWraps