This guy is one of the most underrated musicians I've ever heard. He's bloody fantastic.

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

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.

This piece never gets old!

Have been a huge fan of his for nearly 40 years now. I get old but his music never does.

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.

I saw David perform last night (6\27\2010) and all I can say is that he has been touched by God.

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.

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.

Still my favourite artist of all time

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 S fan since 1975....More, MORE!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is so beautiful. DS is clearly in the Sting / Wally Badarou family. And also: that man radiates happiness.

Yes indeed, The vocals on true stories mixed with the instruments is a spine chilling experience. Extremely passionate.

Amazing David performance! David is an incredible player and few people can match his expressivity

Unreal... Each time I listen to this piece, I experience something new from it...

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.

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.

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 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

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.

Love this.

Amazing talent and human being. Absolutely THE best!

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!!

I've been a fan for so long and love the emotions he evokes.

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

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.

Mesmerizing....

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 !!!

Ridiculously Awesome!

AMAZING PERFORMANCE

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

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..............

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

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!

Dave Sancious rules! Loved him eversince I first saw him playing on the Sting soul cages tour.

Yeah man what a wonderful great Soul! ;D

Very important skills and song!

I love this performance.

@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 you Uncle David

I love it!...I love it!....I love it! Thanks for posting

Jeff, Yup... It's Still Awesome! ~BigSmiles Geno

my god thats amazing !

@jknappster I have noticed that many of my favorites come from you. Great job and thank you.

Sorry I didn’t get a chance to play with you and and TM Stevens 🌈

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!

He moved to kauai..would love to jam with him *❤

INCREDIBLE!!! :)

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 KZfaq upped their data limits. Check out the new one!

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!

I've liked him since "Forest of Feelings" ....😎

Gran solo🎹 David Sancious es gran músico. Fue digno de estar después de Kenny Kirkland en la banda de Sting.

'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...

We taped this on December 2, 2005.

i love dave .we ment

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..

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

Great!

bravo

@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.

EPIC!! :)

Is this show available on CD--it is awesome!!

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 !

God I wish he stayed with Bruce....

The whole album reeks of talent. Not a bad spot anywhere!!! By the way, I know what you mean, I play bass guitar.

Hello I have an Integra7 (Roland sound moduke)a TEC breath controller . What kind of midi connection should I have?

Yeah, man. Breath controllers - not just for woodwind players!

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.

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??

I wonder how many people realize this song is in 7

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.

Did he use a breath controller for the piano sound? Or is it just the sound of wind instruments?

This is so beautiful!!!!!!!!! Love David, and how about Joe Bonadio on drums? Great performance from both of them.

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.

Is there any video from the speed of love days or true stories. I am a huge 30 year david sancious fan.

Try Rare Bird Records for releases of this on CD

What is that instrument like an air keyboard?

how old would this concert be??

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...