What is interesting about this trio is that they only play together a handful of times each year, having very separate careers outside of the group.
Nevertheless, Momentum is clearly a power trio, with each musician displaying total control over their instrument. Not only was the music tastefully performed and elegant, it was demonstrative of an extremely tight interplay of very complex and adventurous rhythms, with plentiful emphases on innovative and exuberant melodic subtleties.
It was very evident that they placed a great deal of importance on musicality and not just playing that was based purely on flashy technique … although there was an abundance of that as well.
Clearly they deserved to be the featured performers that evening.
Karl J. Raudsepp
