The first, and only, time I saw David Sancious live was in a small venue adjacent to Syracuse University called "Jabberwocky". I was sitting directly in front of him. He blew me away. Almost immediately I went and got "Forrest of Feelings" and then his lo w/Tone. The man is amazing.
I think it is underrated cause he is not flashy or anything like that , i.e Yanni and other people are very commercial. But to play and record with Sting and Clapton, you must be a BEAST from the land. He is my favorite and he has no equal. Harmonically he is untouchable and he's a great soloist as well.
What A Great Night!!! I had a ball recording & mixing this live concert 'on the fly' in the "Indre Digital Remote Truck", with David Sancious and Joe Bonadio live on stage, and Jeff Knapp, Rob Naggy, Marty Lindley, Joe Graeff & Brian Cloud on cameras with a incredible crew of talented people with us, behind us... and in the audience.... a great performance... (Thank You, Jeff!) And Yup, I am simply honored to be a part of this one... Gene Leone - Gene_Leone_Mix
Yes, I was producer for this shoot as well as one of the cameramen. David does not currently have a "formal Band". He plays solo, plays duet with various drummers and plays as a trio, typically with bassists Tony Levin or Jeff Allen. I'm visiting David this week and I'll let him know you'd like him to come to India! Jeff
David is using a breath controller - a MIDI triggering device, connected to his Yamaha MOTIF synthesizer that enables him to create additional sounds (other than the primary sound event) when any key is played. When David plays certain notes on the keyboard AND blows on the mouthpiece simultaneously, the device triggers an event. It senses when he is blowing, the velocity of his breath, and when he stops.
remember when we used to go down to willie's burgers, down on 16th street, a listen to him play the piano in the church next door? aw man...good times. i'm his mom, btw.
I still listen to his 1978 recording "True Stories" and it still rocks my chakras. We played "Again" (the instrumental version) from "Just As I Thought" as our wedding theme. Get these, and "The Bridge".
David is not only an amazing musician, but also an incredible person to boot. So is Joe - truly amazing guys... David has played a few songs on my upcoming album, (Joe is producing) and I can say WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that he is a MASTER at his craft. AND JOE - my god can Bonadio play... seamless and together - they really create. It is a pleasure and an honour to know these people.
One of my big influences. a great paino player and composer. he knows how to fuse jazz, rock , classical and gospel into all of his music. A great understanding of harmony and counterpoint. He also is a rocker, I saw him play guitar with Jack bruce, Billy cobham and clem clemson.
The first time I heard Sancious was on One more car one more rider by Eric Clapton, where he plays the Hammond as well as using the breath controller. I love the sound that it makes, so soothing. Try to watch his solo on Wonderful Tonight and reptile, sooo good! I always love the first time you listen to something new it blows one away every time.
Thanks Mixey. I couldn't agree more. I not only got to work with one of my very favorite artists that night - there was a lot of magic working, and on a number of levels. I'm grateful to David and everyone who participated in this beautiful team effort. The results speak for themselves.
I saw David back in 1975 when he oped for Billy Cobham,he started playing guitar then half way through the show played keyboards and I was amazed! Then I saw him playing with Peter Gabriel and wow. Dude do you ever age?
I saw DS playing right around '75 also, in a trio, playing keyboards and guitar, what an amazingly talented multi-instrumentalist. Hope he is still around playing, he really impressed me, never forgot how fantastic he was!
David Sancious is a brilliant musician. I only relatively recently discovered his music, but had heard his work with Sting before. He is monumentally talented and has great taste.
Jeff: True musical passion, genius, and beauty. A thousand thanks for preserving that night and for posting some of it here. DS completely transcends genre. If you are his biggest fan then I've been standing right behind you since '76. Best of luck with your documentary project.
Even though I have been a fan of fusion music since the 70's, some how I missed David and only recently discovered him on older Sting concert videos. His piano solo on When The World Is Running Down at Sting's 40 anniversary concert completely blew me away. I've been looking at a number of videos of his original music lately. Not hard to tell he's classically trained. I'm a big fan now !!!
Richard Ballard Another guy from Jersey that has a lot of talent . Ever hear this man play guitar ? Incredible rare talent . Check out Springsteen’s 2nd LP from 1973 , side two . David on the keyboards , its phenomenal.
Geno ... There would have been NONE of this without your initial recommendations, and then your unbelievable execution that night in the truck. Without that incredible jump-start, this project would not be where it is today. I will never be able to thank you enough for your contributions ... In all the shows we've taped of David's since then I've never heard anybody capture his sound better than you guys did that night. That's the truth. Jeff
Fantastic stuff. I love the sounds David makes. I've always been particularly fond of the work he did with Sting along with Dominic Miller and Vinnie Colaiuta. Those four musicians are the perfect combination and I was delighted when they reformed a couple of years ago and that they've continued to play various one-off shows since. I often wonder what a new album from the four of them would sound like now - I'm sure it'd be brilliant, just as Ten Summoner's Tales was.
Time to pull my Yamaha BC3 back out of the box! Watching this video and reading a Keyboard magazine interview on his breath controller use inspires me. Thanks you posting!
what great chemistry , they sound great together , and i love davids work with sting , hes amazing , such great music to listen too , this song is great , very sooting
Just saw them play this today outside at Opus 40, near Woodstock, with the Opus 40 sculpture and the Catskills alongside on a perfect summer day. Ahhhhhhh..............
My friend, I was wondering if anyone in this huge green and blue planet would ever acknowledge this song. I happen to have a cd of transformation, "The speed of love" I grew up on this album. And to this day play the shit out of it. Hardly a better album will ever be made. You can get a copy from wounded bird records.A hard to get odd ball company that had the cd. Gerald Carbouy plays bass. Smooth sailing to you!!
tuktuktok... The entire set was videotaped. Three songs from the set were edited and a small run of DVDs were created for David. These DVDs were sold only at his live appearances. At this time there are no plans to release the other songs from that concert. I'm glad you like the video, we enjoyed making it! - Jeff
David Sancious искрит идеями, как минимум, с 1974 года. По сути, он из первого эшелона генераторов прогрока, арт-рока, джаз-рока. Композитор без дураков, поцелованный Богом прямо в темечко. Но его идеями воспользовались менее талантливые и более шустрые артисты, ставшие мегапопулярными. Незаслуженно (подленько) упрятанный от внимания человечества гений. Но справедливость восторжествовала, пусть и срутя почти полвека. La verdad ama la claridad
great stuff,I could watch this video again and again great work and such passion from the musicians,pink floyd at live 8 is the only thing that comes close
You all should buy a copy of David's " Cinema " cd. Man. it's incredible!Just more genius! You can get it off his website. And would some kind soul please put it all on utube? I think there are a few cuts already on it. Blessings to you all!
thedwork65... Fine with me. Actually, I think it's nice to be able to access both songs on the page. Some folks may never have heard the studio cut. I'll just mention again the remastered video of this piece... if you haven't seen it, it also sounds much better than this old video! This was posted long before UA-cam upped their data limits. Check out the new one!
Looks liek the Mighty Max on drums.. I had no idea David played with the E Street band.. but now it makes sense...cool.. Saw David with just a drummer a long time ago.. I recall he did a crazy amazing version of the Schroeder Theme..
@boingboomchak Check out David Sancious playing with Francis Dunnery in the UK on a song titled 'Riding on the Back'. the live concert in Bush Hall, London is the best posted so far occurred in September of 2010.
'DROID ... Thanks again. Yeah, David is all about passion! This is not a "flashy" video, visually; we deliberately kept it simple, deciding to let the music, and the players' emotion do the talking... and I think that comes through loud and clear. I'll probably be posting more video clips from this concert ... stay tuned...
Growl, Sadly, there doesn't seem to be... video from those days is The Holy Grail and I've been looking for it for David's documentary ... so far, no dice. I have interviewed all members of Tone - Gerald Carboy and Boom Carter, and they report the same thing. David has told me that he doesn't recall there being any videotaping or filming being done back in the day. Oh well.
You were part of the team responsible for the video shoot?? Would be great to get these guys over to India for a round of gigs.. I believe they have a setup with a third musician as well??
Is this from a commercial video or a teaser for something planned? I have been searching unsuccessfully for years for *any* video of David in the Tone days; all I have is VHS tape of him with Sting from a PBS show that was never released for sale. I would definitely want this performance in its entirety.
Very nice. I tended to like his group efforts rather than his solo ones. True Stories is one of my favorites; while less fusionistic than the earlier albums, it has great compositions and production values. Plus he is one heck of a guitar player too !
Sir, did you record any other songs they played during this concert or are there only two? Is this available on a dvd or cd album? Thank you for capturing well beautiful music and sharing it.
The first, and only, time I saw David Sancious live was in a small venue adjacent to Syracuse University called "Jabberwocky". I was sitting directly in front of him. He blew me away. Almost immediately I went and got "Forrest of Feelings" and then his lo w/Tone. The man is amazing.
This guy is one of the most underrated musicians I've ever heard. He's bloody fantastic.
I think it is underrated cause he is not flashy or anything like that , i.e Yanni and other people are very commercial. But to play and record with Sting and Clapton, you must be a BEAST from the land. He is my favorite and he has no equal. Harmonically he is untouchable and he's a great soloist as well.
What A Great Night!!! I had a ball recording & mixing this live concert 'on the fly' in the "Indre Digital Remote Truck", with David Sancious and Joe Bonadio live on stage, and Jeff Knapp, Rob Naggy, Marty Lindley, Joe Graeff & Brian Cloud on cameras with a incredible crew of talented people with us, behind us... and in the audience.... a great performance... (Thank You, Jeff!)
And Yup, I am simply honored to be a part of this one...
Gene Leone - Gene_Leone_Mix
Yes, I was producer for this shoot as well as one of the cameramen. David does not currently have a "formal Band". He plays solo, plays duet with various drummers and plays as a trio, typically with bassists Tony Levin or Jeff Allen. I'm visiting David this week and I'll let him know you'd like him to come to India!
Jeff
This piece never gets old!
Timeless
David is using a breath controller - a MIDI triggering device, connected to his Yamaha MOTIF synthesizer that enables him to create additional sounds (other than the primary sound event) when any key is played. When David plays certain notes on the keyboard AND blows on the mouthpiece simultaneously, the device triggers an event. It senses when he is blowing, the velocity of his breath, and when he stops.
Have been a huge fan of his for nearly 40 years now. I get old but his music never does.
remember when we used to go down to willie's burgers, down on 16th street, a listen to him play the piano in the church next door?
aw man...good times.
i'm his mom, btw.
very true , alot of people dont know. David Sancious is the reason I began the piano (playing & writing) His music never tiers or grows old.
I saw David perform last night (6\27\2010) and all I can say is that he has been touched by God.
Mr. Sancious piano opening on Bruce Springsteen's song "New York Serenade" is one of the greatest pieces of music that I've ever heard. Virtuoso.
I still listen to his 1978 recording "True Stories" and it still rocks my chakras. We played "Again" (the instrumental version) from "Just As I Thought" as our wedding theme. Get these, and "The Bridge".
David is not only an amazing musician, but also an incredible person to boot. So is Joe - truly amazing guys... David has played a few songs on my upcoming album, (Joe is producing) and I can say WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that he is a MASTER at his craft. AND JOE - my god can Bonadio play... seamless and together - they really create. It is a pleasure and an honour to know these people.
David S fan since 1975....More, MORE!
One of my big influences. a great paino player and composer. he knows how to fuse jazz, rock , classical and gospel into all of his music. A great understanding of harmony and counterpoint. He also is a rocker, I saw him play guitar with Jack bruce, Billy cobham and clem clemson.
This is so beautiful.
DS is clearly in the Sting / Wally Badarou family.
And also: that man radiates happiness.
Still my favourite artist of all time
Yes indeed, The vocals on true stories mixed with the instruments is a spine chilling experience. Extremely passionate.
The first time I heard Sancious was on One more car one more rider by Eric Clapton, where he plays the Hammond as well as using the breath controller. I love the sound that it makes, so soothing. Try to watch his solo on Wonderful Tonight and reptile, sooo good!
I always love the first time you listen to something new it blows one away every time.
Unreal...
Each time I listen to this piece, I experience something new from it...
Thanks Mixey. I couldn't agree more. I not only got to work with one of my very favorite artists that night - there was a lot of magic working, and on a number of levels. I'm grateful to David and everyone who participated in this beautiful team effort. The results speak for themselves.
I saw David back in 1975 when he oped for Billy Cobham,he started playing guitar then half way through the show played keyboards and I was amazed! Then I saw him playing with Peter Gabriel and wow. Dude do you ever age?
I saw DS playing right around '75 also, in a trio, playing keyboards and guitar, what an amazingly talented multi-instrumentalist. Hope he is still around playing, he really impressed me, never forgot how fantastic he was!
Amazing David performance! David is an incredible player and few people can match his expressivity
Ridiculously Awesome!
Glad you liked it. It was a great night, for David and for my crew too. We had a blast making it.
Jeff
David Sancious is a brilliant musician. I only relatively recently discovered his music, but had heard his work with Sting before. He is monumentally talented and has great taste.
Jeff: True musical passion, genius, and beauty. A thousand thanks for preserving that night and for posting some of it here. DS completely transcends genre. If you are his biggest fan then I've been standing right behind you since '76. Best of luck with your documentary project.
Even though I have been a fan of fusion music since the 70's, some how I missed David and only recently discovered him on older Sting concert videos. His piano solo on When The World Is Running Down at Sting's 40 anniversary concert completely blew me away. I've been looking at a number of videos of his original music lately. Not hard to tell he's classically trained. I'm a big fan now !!!
If you haven't yet, proceed directly to the title track to "Forest of Feelings." Do not pass go ;)
Richard Ballard
Another guy from Jersey that has a lot of talent . Ever hear this man play guitar ? Incredible rare talent .
Check out Springsteen’s 2nd LP from 1973 , side two . David on the keyboards , its phenomenal.
Check out: Sting "Mad About You" live...(1990, I think)...one of My favorite keyboard solos of all time
Amazing talent and human being. Absolutely THE best!
Geno ...
There would have been NONE of this without your initial recommendations, and then your unbelievable execution that night in the truck. Without that incredible jump-start, this project would not be where it is today. I will never be able to thank you enough for your contributions ... In all the shows we've taped of David's since then I've never heard anybody capture his sound better than you guys did that night. That's the truth.
Jeff
Fantastic stuff. I love the sounds David makes. I've always been particularly fond of the work he did with Sting along with Dominic Miller and Vinnie Colaiuta. Those four musicians are the perfect combination and I was delighted when they reformed a couple of years ago and that they've continued to play various one-off shows since. I often wonder what a new album from the four of them would sound like now - I'm sure it'd be brilliant, just as Ten Summoner's Tales was.
I am so glad I found this along time ago a guitar palyer I knew turned me on to you I had a copy on vinyl of the bridge, I love this performance.
I've been a fan for so long and love the emotions he evokes.
Time to pull my Yamaha BC3 back out of the box! Watching this video and reading a Keyboard magazine interview on his breath controller use inspires me. Thanks you posting!
AMAZING PERFORMANCE
what great chemistry , they sound great together , and i love davids work with sting , hes amazing , such great music to listen too , this song is great , very sooting
@boingboomchak Glad you enjoyed it! David and Joe gave an exceptionally fine performance that night and we were thrilled to be able to capture it.
I love this performance.
Very important skills and song!
@jknappster
I have noticed that many of my favorites come from you. Great job and thank you.
Dave Sancious rules! Loved him eversince I first saw him playing on the Sting soul cages tour.
Love this.
I love it!...I love it!....I love it! Thanks for posting
Yeah man what a wonderful great Soul! ;D
my god thats amazing !
Just saw them play this today outside at Opus 40, near Woodstock, with the Opus 40 sculpture and the Catskills alongside on a perfect summer day. Ahhhhhhh..............
What a performance. An enormous pity that the album "The Bridge" is a rarity these days. So hard to find and very expensive. Reprint it PLEASE!
My friend, I was wondering if anyone in this huge green and blue planet would ever acknowledge this song. I happen to have a cd of transformation, "The speed of love" I grew up on this album. And to this day play the shit out of it. Hardly a better album will ever be made. You can get a copy from wounded bird records.A hard to get odd ball company that had the cd. Gerald Carbouy plays bass. Smooth sailing to you!!
Mesmerizing....
What a genius
SOS un genio!!!
tuktuktok...
The entire set was videotaped. Three songs from the set were edited and a small run of DVDs were created for David. These DVDs were sold only at his live appearances. At this time there are no plans to release the other songs from that concert. I'm glad you like the video, we enjoyed making it! - Jeff
I love you Uncle David
David Sancious искрит идеями, как минимум, с 1974 года. По сути, он из первого эшелона генераторов прогрока, арт-рока, джаз-рока. Композитор без дураков, поцелованный Богом прямо в темечко. Но его идеями воспользовались менее талантливые и более шустрые артисты, ставшие мегапопулярными. Незаслуженно (подленько) упрятанный от внимания человечества гений. Но справедливость восторжествовала, пусть и срутя почти полвека. La verdad ama la claridad
INCREDIBLE!!! :)
Jeff,
Yup... It's Still Awesome!
~BigSmiles
Geno
great stuff,I could watch this video again and again
great work and such passion from the musicians,pink floyd at live 8 is the only thing that comes close
LOVE IT
You all should buy a copy of David's " Cinema " cd. Man. it's incredible!Just more genius! You can get it off his website. And would some kind soul please put it all on utube? I think there are a few cuts already on it. Blessings to you all!
Sorry I didn’t get a chance to play with you and and TM Stevens 🌈
thedwork65... Fine with me. Actually, I think it's nice to be able to access both songs on the page. Some folks may never have heard the studio cut.
I'll just mention again the remastered video of this piece... if you haven't seen it, it also sounds much better than this old video! This was posted long before UA-cam upped their data limits. Check out the new one!
Gran solo🎹 David Sancious es gran músico. Fue digno de estar después de Kenny Kirkland en la banda de Sting.
Looks liek the Mighty Max on drums.. I had no idea David played with the E Street band.. but now it makes sense...cool.. Saw David with just a drummer a long time ago.. I recall he did a crazy amazing version of the Schroeder Theme..
We taped this on December 2, 2005.
Great!
EPIC!! :)
I've liked him since "Forest of Feelings" ....😎
greatest fusion album ever?
@@dougmphilly Among the top 5 greatest keyboard albums ever!
i love dave .we ment
@boingboomchak
Check out David Sancious playing with Francis Dunnery in the UK on a song
titled 'Riding on the Back'. the live concert in Bush Hall, London is the best
posted so far occurred in September of 2010.
bravo
He moved to kauai..would love to jam with him *❤
'DROID ...
Thanks again. Yeah, David is all about passion! This is not a "flashy" video, visually; we deliberately kept it simple, deciding to let the music, and the players' emotion do the talking... and I think that comes through loud and clear.
I'll probably be posting more video clips from this concert ... stay tuned...
Is this show available on CD--it is awesome!!
Is there any video from the speed of love days or true stories. I am a huge 30 year david sancious fan.
Growl,
Sadly, there doesn't seem to be... video from those days is The Holy Grail and I've been looking for it for David's documentary ... so far, no dice. I have interviewed all members of Tone - Gerald Carboy and Boom Carter, and they report the same thing. David has told me that he doesn't recall there being any videotaping or filming being done back in the day. Oh well.
Hello I have an Integra7 (Roland sound moduke)a TEC breath controller . What kind of midi connection should I have?
You were part of the team responsible for the video shoot?? Would be great to get these guys over to India for a round of gigs.. I believe they have a setup with a third musician as well??
This is so beautiful!!!!!!!!! Love David, and how about Joe Bonadio on drums? Great performance from both of them.
Is this from a commercial video or a teaser for something planned? I have been searching unsuccessfully for years for *any* video of David in the Tone days; all I have is VHS tape of him with Sting from a PBS show that was never released for sale. I would definitely want this performance in its entirety.
Very nice. I tended to like his group efforts rather than his solo ones. True Stories is one of my favorites; while less fusionistic than the earlier albums, it has great compositions and production values. Plus he is one heck of a guitar player too !
Did he use a breath controller for the piano sound? Or is it just the sound of wind instruments?
Sir, did you record any other songs they played during this concert or are there only two? Is this available on a dvd or cd album? Thank you for capturing well beautiful music and sharing it.
Try Rare Bird Records for releases of this on CD
What is that instrument like an air keyboard?
Yeah, man. Breath controllers - not just for woodwind players!
The whole album reeks of talent. Not a bad spot anywhere!!! By the way, I know what you mean, I play bass guitar.
how old would this concert be??
I wonder how many people realize this song is in 7
God I wish he stayed with Bruce....
I love Sancious but this performance is too new age for me
When this man left the E Street Band in 1975, they lost a talent which would have, well, why speculate...
That's for sure!