Jaswinder Singh Bains (born April 1, 1975), better known by his stage name Jazzy B, is an Indian Bhangra artist.
Discography
2008 Rambo MovieBox/Planet Recordz/Speed Records
2007 Kaun Nachdi OSA/Music Waves/Tips
2005 Romeo MovieBox/Music Waves/Tips
2003 Pyar Da Mukadma Venus Records
2002 Tera Roop MovieBox/Music Waves/Tips
2001 Oh Kehri MovieBox/Music Waves/Tips
2000 Surma Tips
2000 Chak De Boli Tips
2000 Stayin' Real Kiss Records/Music Waves
1999 All Eyez On Me Kiss Records/Music Waves/SuperTone Melodies
1997 Folkal Attraction Kiss Records/Music Waves/SuperTone Melodies
1995 Folk 'N Funky Kiss Records/Music Waves/SuperTone Melodies
1994 Get Back Kiss Records/Venus Records
1994 The Canadian Spice Kiss Records/Music Waves/SuperTone Melodies
1993 Ghugian Da Jhora Kiss Records
Jazzy B is easily recognized by fans of Bhangra with his spiky hair and the range and depth of his vocals. However, his ability to be easily recognized has gotten Jaswinder Bains in trouble. More recently an incident occurred at Bear Creek Park in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada where he was involved in a brawl with two males of East Indian descent regarding the credit of lyrics on his smash hit popular song, "Soorma." 'Ghugian Da Jorra', his successful debut album, was released in 1993 and instantly made him a star. Since then he has become the best-selling Bhangra artist in the world, helping bring the genre to the forefront of the Indian music scene. He has worldwide appeal as he often tours Canada, England, India, the United States, and many other parts of the world where there is a large Desi population.
Music
Jazzy B has released thirteen albums all of which have been produced by Sukshinder Shinda, a talented Bhangra record producer and artist known as 'The Music Man'. Together they have created some of the most popular Bhangra hits, including "Ghugian Da Jorra", "Londono Patola" which is still considered a hit since It put the Canada in the bhangra scene, "Naag", "Tera Roop", "Sardara", "Dil Luteya", and "Soorma".
The 2005 Balle - Romeo Tour, which promoted Jazzy B's album Romeo and Sukshinder Shinda's album Balle, played at various venues around the world including Paramount Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Canada which attracted a record crowd of over 65,000.
Jazzy B's popularity and success in Bhangra can be attributed to his style which is quite different from other artists in the genre. The music videos for his singles "Soorma" and "Romeo" were based on Hip hop music videos and featured Hummer H2s and the Rap group Takeova Ent.
Jazzy B has also said that the reason for his longevity as a successful Bhangra artist is that he works exclusively with Sukshinder Shinda as he does not want to flood the Bhangra market with songs on different producers' albums.
He has been compared Bhangra artist Kuldip Manak, whom he considers a role model.
Jazzy B made his acting debut in 2000 with a cameo appearance in the Bollywood film Shaheed Udham Singh[1] which starred fellow Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan as the Indian freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Their music was also featured on the film's album.
In 2006, Jazzy B made another cameo when he was featured in the movie Teesri Aankh[2] performing the Indi-pop song "Chuk De Punjabi". He has expressed an interest in acting and has stated that he would consider bigger roles in the future.
