Ravish was born in Hyderabad, India, and spent his childhood in Bombay, and Bahrain (Middle East). He grew up listening to a wide array of Asian Music. Trio Tarana's music is specific to the interpretations of various Asian musical traditions, including the music of Japanese Taiko Drum Ensembles, Afghani folk songs, Hindu chants and North/South Indian rhythm cycles, while being based in non-idiomatic improvisation. Ravish Momin has attended Carnegie Mellon University.

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Shakira, Peter Scherr, Sam Bardfeld, Jason Kao Hwang, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Pam Kurstin, Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore, Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre and the Light, Sabir Mateen Quintet/ Juxtapositions, Robert Dick, Roy Campbell & the East/West Ensemble, Brad Shepik & the Commuters, Joe Giardullo's Post/Time, Mossa Bildner's IHOT, Gabriele Hasler, J.D. Parran, Jamie Baum, Andrew Lamb, William Parker, Rinde Eckert, Susie Ibarra, Billy Bang, Steve Swell, Peter Epstein, Bob Moses, Brian Smith, Daniel Carter, Jim Black, Will Connell, Wilber Morris, Raphe Malik, Kali Fasteau, Ian Williams, Tomas Ulrich, Dan DeChellis, Danny Zanker, Kid Lucky, Oktopus (from Dalek), Marie Afonso, Laura Andel, Ty Braxton, Brandon Terzic, Balla Kouyate, Fay Victor, Joel Newton, Thomson Kneeland, Warren Smith, Ken Filiano, Tanya Kalmanovitch, Jason Finkelman, Daniel Kelly, MC Napolean (of IsWhat?!), Skye Steele, Michael Wimberly, Christian Howes, Ty Cumbie, James Ilgenfritz, Ellen Christi, Michael Logan, Greg Heffernan

Trio Tarana
Skye Steele, violin
Ravish Momin, drums, percussion, tabla
Greg Heffernan, Cello, electronics

Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore
Ursel Schlicht, piano
Balla Kouyate, balafon, bass
Jamie Baum, flutes
Thomson Kneeland, bass, electronics
Ravish Momin, percussion

Kalaparush and the Light
K. Maurice McIntyre, tenor sax
Jesse Dulman, tuba
Adam Lane, bass
Ravish Momin, drums, percussion, tabla

Fulton Lights
Andrew Spencer Goldman, vocals, guitar, piano
Jay Foote, bass
Ravish Momin, drums, percussion
Still, turntables, banshee

Maribor Festival Lent 2009
Calgary Jazz Festival 2009
Trio Tarana Spring 2008 UK
Trio Tarana Summer 2008 Mini-Tour of Portugal
Trio Tarana Fall 2008 Canadian Mini-Tour
Trio Tarana 2008 Fall US Tour
Trio Tarana Fall 2008 SE Asian Tour(China, Hong Kong)Trio Tarana West Coast Tour, Canada 2007
Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore Residency, Kassel, Germany, 2007
Trio Tarana Spring 2007 US Tour
Trio Tarana Spring 2006 European tour(Poland, Hungary, Portugal)
Sabir Mateen Quartet US/Canada, 2005.

Interviews:
Ravish Momin: The Business of Time
All About Jazz / March 3, 2009

Interview with JazzWorldQuest 2006

A beautiful array of unfamiliar timbres, via found and invented instruments a la Harry Partch, accompany composer Jason Kao Hwang's violin in "Flight of Whispers", music that manages to resemble both the ceremonial and dance traditions of Court ensembles from China and the syncopated feel of jazz... Strong, evocative, engaging music.  ©Art Lange - FANFARE

Jason Kao Hwang's microtonal "Flight of Whispers" should delight Harry Partch devotees.  ©THE WIRE

...what's striking about Mr. Hwang's music, a stirring blend of Stephane Grapelli's violin improvisations and Morton Feldman's microtonal compositions, is that it makes traditional instruments sound contemporary.  ©THE NEW YORK TIMES

"They build beautiful, utterly unpredictable improvisations from elements as disparate as Indian classical music, electronic music and a vast panoply of East Asian rhythms. Yet, their singular commitment to heavy, groove-based rhythms -- even in extremely complex time signatures -- is utterly irresistible, and something any rock, pop or hip-hop fan can pick up on immediately."- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (6/28/2010)

"His trio achieves “a seamless mix between the written and the improvised,” to create music that is at once oddly familiar but completely unfamiliar—what he calls “folk music from a country that doesn’t exist.” Like any folk music, it’s instantly accessible and simply profound." -Albuquerque Alibi (4/1/2010)