Jazzy B

Indo-Canadian singer and songwriter
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Jaswinder Singh Bains, better known by his stage name Jazzy B, is an Indo-Canadian singer and songwriter of Punjabi music, he has also worked in Indian films mainly Punjabi and Hindi.

Jazzy B was born in Durgapur, Nawanshahr Punjab, India. When he was five years old, his family moved to Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

His first album Gugiyan Da Jora was released in 1993. The rhythm was played by Sukhshinder Shinda who suggested that he move to England if he wanted a prominent career in Punjabi music.

He is a big fan of the late singer Kuldeep Manak, which is one of the reasons why Jazzy's album, Maharajas, released in 2011, with Kuldeep's son, Yudhvir, also a singer, is a tribute to Kuldeep Manak, with some of Kuldeep's original vocals retained, and many other songs sung by Jazzy and Yudhvir, are also a tribute to Kuldeep Manak.

Jazzy has released 12 studio albums, and two religious ones. He has collaborated on many tracks. In 2000 Jazzy made his film debut in Shaheed Udham Singh. In 2006 he appeared in Sunny Deol's movie Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera with Amisha Patel in song Chuk De Punjabi. In 2012 he made his debut with movie Best of Luck as an actor with Punjabi singer and actor Gippy Grewal and Miss India Universe 2008 Simran Kaur Mundi. The shooting of this film commenced in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in May 2012. He made special appearance in Diljit Dosanjh's Jatt & Juliet 2 in 2013. In 2014, he appeared in Romeo Ranjha. In a news story published in April, it was revealed that while doing stunts for Romeo Ranjha, Jazzy underwent serious injuries wherein he even had "near-death" experience. He was quoted as saying, "I literally left my body. I could feel everyone trying to resuscitate me. I remember my whole life flashing before my eyes, and surprisingly, I wasn't thinking about winning awards or anything like that. The only thing I cared about was that I wanted to live because I did not want to leave my family so soon." In 2014 he made a special appearance in Dharmendra's and Gippy Grewal's movie Double Di Trouble. In 2015 he featured in title song "Zalim Dilli"of movie Dilliwali Zaalim Girlfriend with Hard Kaur. In 2019 he worked on the Akshay Kumar starer Kesari as a playback singer on the song In 2020 he featured in song "Gallan Kardi" with Saif Ali Khan for movie Jawaani Jaaneman. In 2022, he appeared in a song "ghaint galbaat" with Zareen Khan in Punjabi movie Posti. In 2022, he also appeared as a cop in suspense thriller Punjabi movie Snowman: The Dark Side of Canada along with Neeru Bajwa, Rana Ranbir and Arshi Khatkar.

Date of Birth1st April 1975
Age49 Years
Zodiac SignAries
CountryIndia
Birth PlaceShaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district
LanguageHindi
ReferenceIMDB
Education
  • Princess Margaret Secondary School
Career Start1993 (31 years ago)

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