Mohini Dey at The Freight
Schedule
Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, United States, California 94704 | Berkeley, CA
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Mohini Dey is a renowned bass guitarist, arranger, producer & vocalist who has gained international recognition for her extraordinary talent and versatility. With her unique style and impeccable technique, she has collaborated with numerous renowned artists and performed on prestigious stages around the world. She is a 29-year-old bass guitarist from Mumbai, India.
She has been described as the “Most Successful Musician UNDER30” By ForbesIndia. She has been working professionally in the music industry for the past 20 years meaning that she started working professionally when she was only 9 years old. She is the only female bassist to rank within the 'Top 10 Bassists in the 21st Century' on Music Radar. She has over 20 million views collectively on YouTube, over 800K followers on Instagram and 243K subscribers on YouTube & 211K followers on Facebook.
She is currently the bassist for Willow Smith. She has worked with artists like Steve Vai, Zakir Hussain, Quincy Jones, Vinnie Colauita, Stanley Clarke, Jordan Rudess, Mike Stern, Dean Brown, A R Rahman, Sivamani, Marco Minneman, Gary Willis, Dave Weckl, Tony Macalpine, Stu Hamm, Plini, Louiz Banks, Guthrie Govan, Ranjit Barot, Chad Wackerman, Chad Smith, Simon Phillips, Prasanna, Gergo Borlai, Victor Wooten, Federico Malaman, Darwin, Niladri Kumar, Stu Hamm, Sivamani, Bumblefoot, etc many more artists. Some Indian singers & directors that she has worked with are Salim Sulaiman, Clinton Cerejo, Neeti Mohan, Amit Trivedi, Benny Dayal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh, Shalmali Kholgade, Sonu Kakkar, Shilpa Rao, Vishal-Shekar, Gurdasman, etc She has also been featured in magazines like Vogue, ForbesIndiaUnder30, NoTreble, RadarMusic, Bass Professor, Bass Magazine, BassQuaterly, Rollingstone, JazzInIndia, ParentCircle, RadioAndMusic, Platform, Femina, Hindu, NewIndianExpress, Verve and many other articles in newspapers like DNA, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Mid-Day, Mumbai Mirror, The Times of India, Bombay Times, etc.
She has played on Jimmy Fallon Show & Tiny Desk NPR with Willow Smith.
She has also done promotional work for companies like Bacardi, Jockey, Levi's, MTV channel, HDFC Bank, Titan, JBL, MarkBass, Mayones Basses, SIT strings, GruvGear, Jimmy’s, Moises, Voodoolabs, TCElectronics, ElectroHarmonix, LathonBassWear, Laney, Dunlop, Flipkart, ErgoStraps, LEDDereckStraps, etc.
She has performed in festivals like the Hollywood Bowl Blue Note, San Jose Jazz Festival, Timisoara Jazz Festival 2022, Enter Enea Jazz Festival 2022, Elephanta Music Festival 2013, Chennai's Global Music Festival 2012, Goa's International Jazz Festival 2015, Delhi's International Jazz Festival 2013, South Asian Music Festival 2013, SAPTRANG 2013, Damru Festival 2014/2015, International Jazz Day (Mumbai), Kalaghoda Fest 2016, Lugano Jazz Estival 2018, Garana Jazz Festival 2018, Delhi Jazz Festival 2018, etc. She has been part of TV Shows like MTV Unplugged S1 & S2, Coke Studio S2 & S3, Jammin, etc. She endorses Markbass Amps, Mayones Basses, Boss Pedals, TC electronic Pedals, Dunlop pedals, Darkglass pedals, Providence Cables, Electro-Harmonix pedals, Darkglass Electronics, Voodoolabs, GruvGear, Laney pedals, SIT Strings and LathonBassWear.
Mohini will be joined by Marco Cirigliano (Drums/Voc), Daniel Szebenyi (Keys ), & Jonathan Mones (Sax).
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