Ernie Krivda - Inner City

[BeBop]

Three LPs on Inner City. A potentially great Mosaic Select. But I'd welcome any reissue. And a couple more on North Coast Jazz LPs that I've never heard.

I'm glad that the Cadence and CIMP material is generally available, but let's get these Inner Citys back in-print!

Anyone else?

[BeBop]

AllMusic Reviews:

Satanic

by Scott Yanow

The explosive tenor saxophonist Ernie Krivda made his recording debut with this brilliant, if now difficult-to-find LP. 32 at the time and temporarily in New York, the Cleveland native performs six of his originals with plenty of fire, creativity and originality. Assisting Krivda are keyboardist Gil Goldstein, electric bassist Jeff Berlin, drummer Bob Moses and percussionist Ray Mantilla. In addition to the memorable music, Krivda's extensive and very frank autobiographical liner notes are a major bonus.

The Alchemist

by Scott Yanow

Ernie Krivda has long deserved much greater recognition than he has received, for he has a very original sound on tenor and a versatile style that he employs on exploratory music. His second Inner City LP (which, like the first and third, is long out of print) features Krivda (tripling on soprano and flute), keyboardist Gil Goldstein, bassist Eddie Gomez, drummer Bobby Moses and percussionist Ray Mantilla digging into six of his complex yet generally appealing originals. Challenging music that hopefully will be made available on CD someday.

The Glory Strut

by Scott Yanow

Back in his native Cleveland after a period in New York, the great but generally unheralded tenor Ernie Krivda performs five originals (including a piece dedicated to Horace Silver), "Easy to Love," "Be My Love" and "I Remember Clifford" with a local rhythm section (pianist Dan Naier, bassist Mitchell Cutlip, drummer Ron Godale and sometimes percussionist Skip Hadden). The interpretations are fiery, and Krivda, who sometimes plays staccato runs, is as distinctive and high-powered as usual.

[clifford_thornton]

Thanks for the reminder. I've been curious about these but they've not turned up in the vinyl bins... yet.

[Larry Kart]

I like Krivda a lot, especially his current quintet with Carmen Intorre (drms.) and Dominic Faranicci (tpt)., but my impression is that he's a significantly better player these days than he was back then. On the other hand, one of the best and most broad-minded judges (in terms of being responsive to what's successful in all styles) of jazz I know, finds Krivda virtually unlistenable.

[BeBop]

I can see why some might not like Krivda. His articulation/attack is unconventional (the same could be said for Eddie Lockjaw Davis or Hank Mobley or Ned Goold...or Clark Terry on trumpet.)

I have two of his earlier Cadence/CIMP CDs and like them quite a bit, perhaps even more than his more-recent work. And that's why I'd really like to see/hear his earliest work.

[JSngry]

AllMusic Reviews:

Satanic...Krivda's extensive and very frank autobiographical liner notes are a major bonus.

What's the deal with this?

[alocispepraluger102]

i know this is the wrong place for this posting.

i saw ernie a couple months ago at the bopstop in cleveland with his quintet. i left that show emotionally spent and incredibly satisfied after those 2 sets.

the man's intensity, love of melody and song, and technical and performance wizardry are stupendous. in talking briefly to ernie, the man is razor sharp.

i look very much forward to hearing his trio opening the bopstop season in early march. if you get a chance, do catch ernie.

http://www.erniekrivda.com/schedule.php

Edited February 20, 2008 by alocispepraluger102

[Larry Kart]

Again, I like Krivda a lot, but thinking of my friend's inability to take Krivda and my sense of why that was, I'm reminded of Stravinsky's negative response to

Janacek -- I.S. saying something on the order of "Listening to Janacek is liking trying to swallow a long and very stringy Czech noodle."

To put it a bit differently, what I like about Krivda is the way everything is joined together, cumulatively builds, motivically and rhythmically; my friend I think found the principles by which Kridva joins things together and builds up steam to be very simplistic and, in terms of the "flavor" of his melodic choices, so drenched in what might be called paprika that that's about the only thing one tastes.

[alocispepraluger102]

that's fair and adroit.

[Larry Kart]

The actual Stravinsky quote, about one of Janacek's operas (this is second-hand via the Net, which doesn't say which opera; my music books are unavailable right now, so I can't check myself), seems to be: "...the thinnest, longest, and least succulent noodle I have ever tried to swallow."

[alocispepraluger102]

ernie's noodle last time was fatter and richer than i have EVER heard it.

[skeith]

I would love to see those Inner City releases out on cd.

But, and I am a big fan, my all time favorite Krivda are two live Cadence albums still not released on cd from the early 80s.

These are: "Tough Tenor - Red Hot" and "Well You Needn't"

great playing, the tunes seem to me to be more slightly more inventive than his current crop amd I think this was his best band ever.

[analogak]

just picked up satanic for $12. probably not worth it but was in good condition and this thread was fresh in my mind.

and if cliffordo says the albums are tough to find, i guess it was a good grab!

music is good so far...not too fusion-ey considering jeff berlin is on bass. eh maybe a bit. not really.