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David Sancious (born November 30, 1953) is an American musician. He was an early member of
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's backing group, the
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, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on ''
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'' (1992), '' Tracks'' (1998), and ''
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'' (2019). Sancious is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known as a keyboard player and guitarist. He left the E Street Band in 1974 to form his own band, Tone, and released several albums. He subsequently became a popular session and touring musician, most notably for
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, Narada Michael Walden,
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,
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, and Sting among many others. In 2014, Sancious was inducted into the
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as a member of the E Street Band.


Work with Bruce Springsteen

Sancious began to learn classical piano at seven and by eleven he had taught himself guitar. He was only in his teens when he first became involved in the
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music scene. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he played in various bands that included Springsteen and future members of The E Street Band, as well as
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and
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. These bands included Glory Road, Dr. Zoom & The Sonic Boom, The Bruce Springsteen Band and The Sundance Blues Band. From 1970 until the spring of 1973, Sancious divided his time between his native New Jersey and
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, where he worked at Alpha Studios as a studio musician doing jingles and sessions. While working in Virginia, he met fellow New Jerseyan Ernest Carter. During those years, Springsteen played numerous gigs in and around Richmond. In June 1972 Sancious played keyboards on Springsteen's debut album, '' Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' In July 1972, Sancious recorded some demos with Carter and E Street Band bassist
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(who also divided his time between New Jersey and Virginia.) Producer/songwriter
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owned the rights to these demos and in 1976 he released them under the title ''David Sancious,'' without Sancious's permission. The E Street Band was named after the street where Sancious's mother lived. In the band's early days, Springsteen and his bandmates used her garage at 1107 E Street in
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, he would frequently use
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during intros or instrumental breaks. Springsteen's second album, '' The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle'', was a showcase for Sancious' talents. His most notable contributions include an organ solo on " Kitty's Back" and an evocative piano intro on " New York City Serenade". He is also credited with the string arrangement on the latter song, and even played
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on "
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". In February 1974 drummer
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left the E Street Band and Sancious recommended his friend, Ernest Carter, as a replacement. Later in the year Sancious and Carter helped record the title track of Springsteen's third album, ''
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'' before leaving the band. Ironically, the band formally adopted the "E Street Band" name only after the band member whose family lived on that street (i.e., Sancious) left the group. Sancious was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band on April 10, 2014. Sancious also joined Springsteen and the current lineup (along with Vini Lopez) for a performance of three songs. He also played several songs with
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, who was inducted on the same night.


David Sancious and Tone

In August 1974 Sancious and Carter left the E Street Band and formed their own band Tone with bassist Gerald Carboy. At various times the band would feature
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, Brenda Madison,
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(from
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and The Mahavishnu Orchestra), former Brian Auger, and future
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vocalist
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. Springsteen encouraged Sancious in his solo career and made sure music executives heard his demos, leading to a contract with
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. Tone's 1975 debut album ''Forest of Feelings'' was produced by
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. Sancious' work with Tone was a radical departure from the music he played with Springsteen; Tone explored progressive rock, gospel chorus (Fade Away, Sound of Love), and instrumental jazz fusion and had more in common with
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than Sancious' former boss. Another album, ''
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'', followed in 1976, and a third album, ''Dance of the Age of Enlightenment'', was recorded. However a dispute between Epic and Sancious' new label,
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, over ownership rights meant it was shelved. It would not be released until 2004 (when it briefly appeared as a Japanese bootleg CD). One more Tone album, ''True Stories'', came out in 1978 but the band subsequently broke up. Sancious released two solo albums, ''Just As I Thought'' (1979) and ''The Bridge'' (1980), and then put his solo career on hold. On Sunday, December 14, 1980, during the ten minutes' silence organized in memory of the recently murdered
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, Sancious performed an extended improvisation based upon Lennon's Across the Universe. Commissioned by New York radio station
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, the solo piano performance was broadcast live, with no audience present, from the empty stage of the Capitol Theatre (Passaic) .


Session and touring musician

Sancious has worked on everything from classical to rock, jazz, blues, and funk. While this has, perhaps, hindered his solo career, it has won him the respect of his peers;
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has referred to him as the "musician's musician." Consequently, he has never been out of work. Even when trying to establish himself as a solo artist, his skills were sought after and in the 1970s he was popular among the jazz fusion circuit. He toured and recorded with
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, playing guitar and keyboards in a band that included
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and
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. In 1977 Sancious guested on the debut album by Narada Michael Walden. This was the first of several collaborations with the producer/songwriter. In the 1980s Walden regularly used a group of session musicians that included Sancious,
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, and Corrado Rustici. These musicians recorded sessions with, among others,
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, and E Streeter
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, all produced by Walden. Rustici also established himself as a producer, most notably with fellow Italian,
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. Sancious, Walden, and Jackson played on Zucchero's ''Rispetto'', produced by Rustici. This was the first of several albums Sancious would record with Zucchero. During the early 1980s he linked up again with
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as a member of Jack Bruce & Friends and played with the band on ''
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''. He was then reunited with
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when both were members of
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. In 1982, David recorded and toured with
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of YES. Jon's, ''
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'' (1982) album features David extensively. On Jon's Spring and Summer 1982 US Animation tour, David showcased his piano and synthesizer prowess on several YES tunes as well as
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tunes. But Jon wanted Sancious to get some real exposure so he included one of David's solo works in the set. "The Play and Display of the Heart" (track 3 on David Sancious & Tone's ''Transformation (The Speed of Love)'' album) was a regular showstopper. You can hear an entire Animation concert at
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By 1988 Sancious was a member of Peter Gabriel's touring band and he played with the singer during the
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Human Rights Now! Tour. This led to a mini-reunion with Springsteen and the E Street Band, with Sancious sitting in on several occasions throughout the tour. He also recorded some new sessions with Springsteen which were later released on ''
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'' and '' Tracks''. He would also record and tour with two of that tour's other headliners, Sting and
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. He played keyboards on Sting's ''
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'' albums and toured with Sting in support of both. Other session and touring work Sancious has done includes
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of Yes, and
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. More recently Sancious has released two new solo recordings, ''Nine Piano Improvisations'' (2000) and ''Cinema'' (2005). In 2006, Sancious teamed up with guitarist and singer /songwriter
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to play keyboards and make several live appearances for Dunnery's ''The Gulley Flats Boys''. In 2003 David recorded with Robbie Dupree and received wide appeal for this very intimate recording. This nine song CD was well received in jazz circles across the United States and Europe. In 2005 Sancious would be interviewed for, and featured in, the ''Wings for Wheels'' documentary included on the ''
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'' re-release of the famed Springsteen song and album. In 2007 David released ''LIVE in the now'', a selection of recordings of live performances by Sancious featuring drummer Joe Bonadio on several tracks. In 2007 and 2008 Sancious toured with Zucchero Fornaciari during the "Fly" and "All the Best" world tours. In 2009, Sancious toured Australia, New Zealand, and Japan on keyboards with
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, who was accompanied by
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on drums and
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on bass. In 2010, Sancious toured the UK with Francis Dunnery "Fearless Tour", Tony Beard on drums, Jamie Bishop on bass & Dorie Jackson vocals. In 2016, Sancious played with
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and Sting on a co-headlined tour.


Discography


With Bruce Springsteen

* '' Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' (1973) * ''
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'' (1973) * ''
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'' (1975) * ''
Human Touch ''Human Touch'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on March 31, 1992, the same day as '' Lucky Town''. It was the more popular of the two, peaking at number two on the US ''Billboar ...
'' (1992) * ''
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'' (1995) * '' Tracks'' (1998) * ''
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'' (1998) * '' The Essential Bruce Springsteen'' (2003) * ''
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'' (2019)


David Sancious and Tone

* ''
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'' (1976) * ''Dance of the Age of Enlightenment'' (1977) * ''True Stories'' (1978)


David Sancious

* ''Forest of Feelings'' (1975) * ''David Sancious'' (1976) * ''David Sancious – The Chelsea Demos'' (1977) (unauthorized bootleg) * ''Just as I Thought'' (1979) * ''The Bridge'' (1981) * ''Nine Piano Improvisations'' (2000) * ''Cinema'' (2005) * ''LIVE in the now'' (2007) * ''Eyes Wide Open'' (2020)


With Jack Bruce and Friends

* ''
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'' (1980)


With Santana

* '' Beyond Appearances'' (1985) – rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar. Co-writer of song "Brotherhood".


David Sancious / Zucchero

* ''Snackbar Budapest'' (soundtrack) (1988)


With Eric Clapton

* 2001 Reptile tour * Clapton Live at Budokan (2001) * ''
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'' (2002)


With Stanley Clarke

* ''
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'' (1975) * '' School Days'' (1976) * ''
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'' (1976) * ''Hideaway'' (1988) * '' The Bass-ic Collection'' (1997) * ''Guitar & Bass'' (2004) * ''Trios'' (2004)


With France Gall

* ''Live at the Olympia in Paris'' (1996) * ''Concert Privé M6'' (1997)


With Zucchero Fornaciari

* ''Rispetto'' (1986) * ''Blue's'' (1987) * ''Oro Incenso & Birra'' (1989) * ''Zucchero'' (1990) * ''Live at the Kremlin'' (1991) * ''Miserere'' (1992) * ''Diamante'' (1994) * ''Spirto DiVino'' (1995) * ''The Best of Zucchero'' (1996) * ''Shake'' (2001) * ''Zucchero & Co'' (2004)


With Peter Gabriel

* '' Passion'' (1989) * '' Us'' (1992) * '' Up'' (2002) * '' Long Walk Home'' (2002) * ''
Hit Hit means to strike someone or something. Hit or HIT may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities * Hit, a fictional character from '' Dragon Ball Super'' * Homicide International Trust, or HIT, a fictional organization ...
'' (2003)


With Sting

* ''
The Soul Cages ''The Soul Cages'' is the third full-length studio album released by English musician Sting. Released on 21 January 1991 it became Sting's second No. 1 album in the United Kingdom. This was Sting's first album to feature guitarist Dominic Mille ...
'' (1991) * ''
Ten Summoner's Tales ''Ten Summoner's Tales'' is the fourth solo studio album by English rock musician Sting. The title is a combined pun of his family name, Sumner, and a character in Geoffrey Chaucer's '' The Canterbury Tales'', the summoner. Released in 1993, ...
'' (1993) * '' Demolition Man'' live EP (1993)


With Jon Anderson

* ''
Animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
'' (1982)


With Francis Dunnery

* ''
The Gulley Flats Boys The Gulley Flats Boys is a double-disc album from British musician Francis Dunnery, released in 2005. It is very stripped down, revolving around Dunnery's acoustic guitar playing and piano, courtesy of David Sancious, and featuring minimal percus ...
'' (2006)


With Robbie Dupree

* ''Robbie Dupree with David Sancious'' (2003)


References


External links


Official website

David Sancious Interview
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