Climbing the Banyan Tree
Reviews
Ben
Reviewed 2005-03-15
Reviewed 2005-03-15
Ravish Momin’s Trio Tarana – Climbing the Banyan Tree
Great world-influenced improvised music, this set straddles Downtown jazz, Eastern & Middle Eastern folk and modern classical for a thoroughly engaging sound. Momin has a powerful drumming style which drives Hwang’s jagged violin and Blumenkranz switches off between bass and oud (which gives the group a funkier or folkier vibe respectively). Don’t pass this one up, all tracks are superb!
*1. Powerful groove led by drums
**2. Funkier rhythm with strong violin
*3. Airy world melody with oud
**4. Klezmery groove with great solos
**5. Stuttering rhythm section backs great violin
*6. Pretty oud solo
**7. Excellent percussion with cool vocalizations
*8. Bouncy folky rhythm
9. Slow, searching ballad
Ben B 3/14/04
Great world-influenced improvised music, this set straddles Downtown jazz, Eastern & Middle Eastern folk and modern classical for a thoroughly engaging sound. Momin has a powerful drumming style which drives Hwang’s jagged violin and Blumenkranz switches off between bass and oud (which gives the group a funkier or folkier vibe respectively). Don’t pass this one up, all tracks are superb!
*1. Powerful groove led by drums
**2. Funkier rhythm with strong violin
*3. Airy world melody with oud
**4. Klezmery groove with great solos
**5. Stuttering rhythm section backs great violin
*6. Pretty oud solo
**7. Excellent percussion with cool vocalizations
*8. Bouncy folky rhythm
9. Slow, searching ballad
Ben B 3/14/04
Recent airplay
Weeping Statue
Memory Select — Aug 17, 2007
Instance of Memory
Memory Select — Sep 15, 2006
Weeping Statue
Umami Jazz Program — May 09, 2006
Weeping Statue
Umami Jazz Program — Nov 08, 2005
Weeping Statue
Umami Jazz Program — Oct 11, 2005
Song at Dusk
Memory Select — May 20, 2005
Charting
2005-03-21 — 2005-05-23
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 22 | 2 |
| May 15 | 2 |
| May 1 | 2 |
| Apr 24 | 3 |
| Apr 17 | 2 |
| Apr 10 | 2 |
| Apr 3 | 3 |
| Mar 27 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Dai Genyo | ||
| 2. | Weeping Statue | ||
| 3. | Instance of Memory | ||
| 4. | Peace for Kabul | ||
| 5. | Gyarah | ||
| 6. | Song at Dusk | ||
| 7. | String Drum Tarana | ||
| 8. | Gathering Song | ||
| 9. | Parting with a View |