Evan Marien was born July 18th, 1986 in Decatur, Illinois.
He picked up the electric bass at age 12, under the advice of Steve Schepper, his grade school band teacher. He studied with Jim Culbertson, father and bandmate of smooth jazz star Brian Culbertson, during his high school years. Evan was featured in Downbeat magazine several times with 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 made music with David Fiuczynski, Jack DeJohnette, Kenwood Dennard, Greg Howe, Tyshawn Sorey, Matthew Garrison, Etienne Mbappe, Greg Osby, Joe Lovano, John Blackwell (Prince, Justin Timberlake), Joseph Wooten, Fred Wesley (James Brown), Rob Hecht (Elizabeth and the Catapult), Jeff Taylor, Nick Groesch (The Polyphonic Spree) Jetro Da Silva (Whitney Houston), George Garzone, Eugene Maslov, Lin Biviano, Deantoni Parks, and Wayne Krantz.
Evan has toured all over the US and in Europe. He has performed at the Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival 2008 (Aruba), Charlie Wrights (London), Knitting Factory (US), Mannheim US Army Base (Germany), and many many more
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