Yaani & Srilankan

HUSSAIN JIFFRY
ELECTRIC BASS. COMPOSER . ARRANGER . PRODUCER. EDUCATOR. GRAMMY WINNING ENGINEER.
Since arriving in California in 1988 from his native land of Sri Lanka, Hussain has become a very busy bass player in Los Angeles. His “in-the-pocket” feel and his versatility have his phone ringing for over thirty years. His presence is always a joy to behold on the bandstand, raising the level of musicality onstage, and inspiring the musicians around him and the audience with his infectious groove and his smile!
Born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Hussain grew up surrounded by the richly varied traditional music of his country, but also listened constantly to Pop, Jazz and R&B that was on the radio. He started singing in school choirs at 10, took up piano accordion at age 12, and at 17 started playing electric bass.
In 1982 while performing with a local band in Sri Lanka, Hussain was offered to tour Europe with an R&B band, eventually spending 6 years on the European club circuit. After that he moved to Los Angeles to study music at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood where he graduated in March 1989, receiving the school’s highest award, the Vocational Honors Diploma.
After graduating, Hussain gradually grew busier and more in demand as his reputation spread as a player, eventually traveling the world many times over playing music with some of the most beloved artists of our generation, including;
Sergio Mendes-1996-2014
Al McKay (Earth Wind & Fire band)-1997-2007
Yanni-2004-2005
Dave Weckl Band-2003-2004
Herb Alpert-2007-Present
ග්‍රික ජාතික යානි, ලොව සිටින දක්ෂතම සංගීතක්ඥයෙකි. මොහු සිය සංගීත නිර්මාණකරණයේදී කිසිම සංගීත සම්ප්‍රදායක් තුල කොටු වී නැත. එබෙවින් ඔහුගේ නිර්මාණ රසව්දීමට ඕනෙම සංස්කෘතියක රසිකයන්ට පිළිවන් බවට මෙය කදිම නිදසුනකි.
වඩාත්ම වැදගත් කරුණ වන්නේ යානිගේ සංගීත කණ්ඩායම තුල, ප්‍රධාන වාදකයෙකු ලෙස " ශ්‍රී ලාංකිකයෙකු "සිටීමය. ඔහු "බේස් ගිටාර් වාදක" හුසේන් ජෙෆ්රිය .