An award-winning songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist (playing tabla, congas, percussion, esraj, guitar, and keyboards), Benjy has toured the US, Canada, and Japan with renowned bamboo flute master G.S. Sachdev, and has opened for such artists as Carlos Santana, Paul Winter, and Narada Michael Walden.
For over five years, Benjy scored music for the internationally syndicated NBC series Santa Barbara. He has recorded with numerous A&M, Windham Hill, Narada, Nippon Phonogram, and Rounder recording artists. He has recorded music for commercials with clients such as Master Card and The Nature Company.
He was also a Special Guest Instructor at the Naropa Institute and contributing composer/member of the Zakir Hussain Rhythm Experience (along with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead)
