Jazz Articles about Ravish Momin

Ravish Momin's Trio Tarana: Climbing the Banyan Tree

by Jochem van Dijk
November 21, 2004

Drummer-led albums can be somewhat pale affairs. After all, the ability to swing hard and play various grooves does in itself not necessarily suffice to create well-rounded, highly personal pieces of music. Climbing the Banyan Tree, though, is different. It is all about melody, the central element in bandleader Momin's approach to drums. Rather than more or less enthusiastically swaying through his parts in set tempos, Momin builds up tension by pulling back and forth his time, ...