The trio has a wickedly splendid way of bedding its rhythmically sophisticated music into an organic flow. Thanks to theirsuperb craft and regal interplay the three musicians allow the music to surge through meticulously tended channels ofasymmetrical meters as if it were white water rafting down a mountain stream. The Wood & Steel Trio's listeners becomeconfidants in an alchemized process. It soon becomes apparent: The honest, almost working-class insistence on wood, steeland tears is only the surface. The real "secret ingredient" of this music is that these three artists have purified something fromthe clay of the earth that is rare and valuable, and that nurtures the needs of the audience more than anything else: pure goldfor the ears.