Marcos Varela

Marcos Varela is a bassist, composer, and arranger based in New York, regarded as a master of both acoustic and electric bass. Born and raised in Houston, he came up at the city's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and won early honors before moving to New York to study at the New School on scholarship. He has become an in demand player on the city's scene, working with the Mingus Big Band, Jason Moran, Billy Hart, and Vincent Gardner's Jazz Houston, and leads his own quartet. His debut album as a leader, San Ygnacio, appeared on Origin Records, and he teaches at the New School and Montclair State University.