DEY OF RECKONING
“I STARTED WORKING PROFESSIONALLY WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD”
Agenuinely astounding bassist, Mohini Dey has enjoyed a rapid ascent to worldwide renown in recent years. As a kid she performed alongside a fearsome range of talent in her home town of Mumbai, including the composers A.R. Rahman and Nitin Sawhney, before coming to the attention of another stellar cast of players in the West. Musicians such as Guthrie Govan, Dave Weckl, Jordan Rudess, Steve Vai, Mike Stern, George Brooks, and Narada Michael Walden have shared a stage or studio with Dey, and no modern NAMM Show is complete without her.
What are your current projects, Mohini?
Right now I’m learning songs for a Japanese tour that I’m part of. I’m touring with this band called B’z for four and a half months. It’s a long one. I’m writing out charts for those songs right now. It’s Japanese music—rock and roll, a little bit of pop, a little
