Ustad Sukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ & Dilzafer Singh on Jori with Gurvinder Singh on Sarangi

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Ustad Sukhvinder Singh "Pinky" on jorī
Dilzafer Singh on jorī
Gurvinder Singh ji on sārangī

July 9, 2023
Recorded in Hopkinton, MA
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Sukhwinder 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 Nihal Singh. His public debut aged 13 left a strong impression on Alla Rakha, 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 Pandit 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 Allah Rakha’s 2016 memorial concert. Now based in India, England, and Canada, he is known as a charismatic performer and teacher, dedicated to bringing the Punjab and Benares repertoire to audiences around the world.

- via Darbar Arts Culture Heritage Trust
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ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਇਕ ਤੁਕੇ
basant mahalā 5 ghar 1 ik tukē
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik ōunkār satigur prasād .
ਸਗਲ ਇਛਾ ਜਪਿ ਪੁੰਨੀਆ ॥
sagal ishā jap punnīā .
ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਚਿਰੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ॥੧॥
prabh mēlē chirī vishunniā .1.
ਤੁਮ ਰਵਹੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦੈ ਰਵਣ ਜੋਗੁ ॥
tum ravah gōbindai ravan jōg .
ਜਿਤੁ ਰਵਿਐ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜ ਭੋਗੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jit raviai sukh sahaj bhōg .1. rahāu .
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਿਆ ॥
kar kirapā nadar nihāliā .
ਅਪਣਾ ਦਾਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਸਮ੍ਹਾਲਿਆ ॥੨॥
apanā dās āp samhāliā .2.
ਸੇਜ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਰਸਿ ਬਨੀ ॥
sēj suhāvī ras banī .
ਆਇ ਮਿਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੁਖ ਧਨੀ ॥੩॥
āi milē prabh sukh dhanī .3.
ਮੇਰਾ ਗੁਣੁ ਅਵਗਣੁ ਨ ਬੀਚਾਰਿਆ ॥
mērā gun avagan n bīchāriā .
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਚਰਣ ਪੂਜਾਰਿਆ ॥੪॥੧॥੧੪॥
prabh nānak charan pūjāriā .4.1.14.