Evan Marien

Evan Marien was born July 18th, 1986 in Decatur, Illinois.

He picked up the electric bass at age 12, under the advice of his grade school band teacher. During his high school years he studied with Jim Culbertson, father and bandmate of smooth jazz star Brian Culbertson. Evan was featured in Downbeat magazine several times as a member of the MacArthur Jazz Band (led by Culbertson).

Since graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2009 with high honors, Evan has worked with some of the world’s greatest musicians. He has performed or recorded with David Fiuczynski, Jack DeJohnette, Kenwood Dennard, Greg Osby, Tyshawn Sorey, Joe Lovano, John Blackwell, Matthew Garrison, Etienne Mbappe, Joseph Wooten, Fred Wesley, Rob Hecht (Elizabeth and the Catapult), Jeff Taylor, Nick Groesch (The Polyphonic Spree) and many others. He has also played with Jetro Da Silva, George Garzone, Eugene Maslov, Lin Biviano, Deantoni Parks and Wayne Krantz.

He can currently be seen performing with David Fiuczynski.

Evan has toured all over the US and in Europe, including performances at the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival 2008 (Aruba), Charlie Wright’s (London), Knitting Factory (US), and Mannheim US Army Base (Germany).

Evan produced his first solo album at age 18, and has released a total of four on his own indie label, EvanMarienProductions. A new album, Between Worlds, is due out in the Summer/Fall of 2009.

Evan is also featured playing fretless bass alongside Jack DeJohnette and Kenwood Dennard on David Fiuczynski’s upcoming Global Microjams CD.

In the 2009 Bass Player Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards, Evan was voted as one of the top three Most Exciting New Players in the world.

Evan plays a custom Campbell American EM-5, 5 string Bass that was made especially for him, the lucky bastard.

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Instrument Stats

Custom Campbell EM-5 5 String Bass