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"Ernie Krivda has achieved that most elusive of musical goals, a distinctive sound all his own. That robust tone perfectly balances driving pyrotechnic displays with tender lyricism." So wrote David Dupont of Cadence Magazine in 2005. Twenty seven years before that, Krivda released his second album on Inner City Records, The Alchemist, which displays exactly from where those pyrotechnic displays and tender lyricism came. Listen to Tzigne, where you will hear Krivda's creative and ambitious solo light up the sky, then turn to Tears on a Golden Arm, where his sweet, piercing, haunting tone cuts through the air. This album will intrigue and delight you.
"Krivda was and is a musician with artistic ambitions: the title track, less than two minutes, is a haunting exploration of a theme over Gomez's growling bowed bass. "Nocturnal Central" features some Roland Kirk-influenced flute, Latin percussion, and a guitarlike Gomez. "Tzigine" initially features an intense Eastern European melody over pounding drums and piano arpeggios before turning into a splashing Krivda-Moses duet." -- Cadence Magazine, Sept. 2009
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