Sandip Chakravarty

Sandip Chakravarty
Background information
Born	London
Genres	World music, Jazz Fusion, Bollywood
Occupation(s)	Musician, DJ
Instrument(s)	Tabla, World percussion, octopads
Years active	1993- till present
Website	sandyman.tv

Sandip Chakravarty, better known by his stage name Sandyman, is a tabla player, musician, DJ and tv presenter.^[1][2][3]

Early life and career

Chakravarty was born in London to a family of musicians.^[4] His interest in tabla was aroused when he first heard tabla player Ustaad Zakir Hussain. At the age of 7, Chakravarty was brought to India by her mother to learn classical musical genre.^[5] He moved back to London due to his father's illness and completed a diploma in Computer Science there.

He made his public appearance at the Royal Albert Hall, London at the age of 16 and was nominated to be part of "Asians in the Millenium". His debut album is Mangu Dua featuring Bollywood singer Shaan.^[6][7] Sandyman has collaborated with numerous playback singers like, Bappi Lahiri, Kumar Sanu, Anup Jalota, Shaan, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali khan and others. He has performed for Sir Paul McCartney.^[8][9] He also has performed at the Royal Albert hall with The Bootleg Beatles.^[10]

He has also performed and toured with the UK based Jazz band, John Mayers Indo Jazz Fusions.^[11] He earned the reputation as Beatle Tabla player and performed tabla shows on Bollywood and English songs.

References

1. "BBC Asian Network - Nadia Ali, Musician Sandyman". BBC. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
2. "Sandyman- The Most Eminent Bollywood Tabla Player". www.123articleonline.com. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
3. "Sandyman UK performs Tabla for The Bootleg Beatles @ The Royal Albert Hall". it-vision.org.
4. "Sandyman". BandMix.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
5. "Indo-Jazz Fusions: composers & musicians today". www.indojazz.f9.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
6. "Mangu Dua (feat. Sandyman) - Shaan Song - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
7. "Bollyshake". Bollyshake. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
8. editor. "Sandyman is a popular musician in the Asian community who has performed for Sir Paul McCartney and been invited to Buckingham Palace". Weekly Bangla Mirror |. Retrieved 2019-01-23. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
9. "Sandy Chakravarty is an Actor, Extra and Drummer based in Ilford, United Kingdom". StarNow. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
10. Joyce, Niall. "Chigwell's Sandyman to rock the Royal Albert Hall with the Bootleg Beatles". Ilford Recorder. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
11. S; September 19, ip Kumar Chakravarty on; googleTranslateElementInit (2017-09-19). "Sandyman- The New Beatles Tabla Player". Sooper Articles. Retrieved 2019-01-23. {{cite web}}: |last3= has generic name (help)