गन्धर्व वेद Sukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ - King of the Jori - Dhamar Taal

Sukhvinder Singh (affectionately known as ‘Pinky’) is a singular percussionist, specialising in low-tuned tabla and jori. Hailing from the Punjab, his first musical immersions were in dholak and pakhawaj, playing traditional Sikh devotional music. His talent was spotted early, and at age five he became a disciple of pakhawaj exponent Bhai Nihal Singh. His public debut aged 13 left a strong impression on Ustad Alla Rakha Khan, but soon after he left to Varanasi to train under the legendary Benares gharana master Pandit Kishan Maharaj. His subsequent career has featured accompaniment slots with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, and other leading Hindustani instrumentalists, and a Grammy award for his work with Ry Cooder and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt on A Meeting by the River. Ustad Zakir Hussain proclaimed him to be the world’s foremost jori exponent after his solo at Ustad Allah Rakha’s 2016 memorial concert. Now based in India, England, and Canada, he is known as a charismatic per