Percussionist Ravish Momin holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and has studied drumset extensively with Andrew Cyrille, and Bob Moses, and has also studied North Indian and Middle-eastern percussion.  He has worked with a wide-range of musicians in Jazz, World-Music and hip-hop.  He was recently awarded a US Artists International grant, in conjunction with the National Endowment of the Arts.He has also performed at major festivals in Portugal (Jazzin' Tondela), Poland (EraJazzu), Finland (Kerava Jazz Festival), France (Sons D'Hiver), Canada (Guelph Jazz Festival), Germany (Documenta 11 & 12), Israel (Tel Aviv Jazz Festival), the Taipei Arts Festival (Taiwan), the Chicago Jazz Festival, the prestigious Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery, and many others.  He has also recorded for the Delmark, Entropy, CIMP, Bleu Regard and NuBop record labels.  He has just released his follow-up CD, as a leader, entitled "Miren" on the Portugal based CleanFeed Label.