Duddy <DFUSER.KRAVITZ@MIT-XX.ARPA> (10/26/84)
I have a record by David Sancious -- he played on "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle" -- called "The Bridge" on Elektra/Musician. I think he's done a few other recordings, mainly solo piano, but I've never been able to find any. If you've got more info, I'd appreciate receiving it. Thanks. -- Dave Kravitz -------
riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (10/27/84)
Maybe David Sancious has done solo piano albums. If so, I'd like to hear
them some time. What I know he did were a few albums of rather creative
fusion, with emphasis, if I recall correctly, on synthesizers and
percussion. I liked them a lot back in the days when I still enjoyed much
fusion; he didn't seem to be locked into the technical exhibitionism and very
limited palette of moods that made so much fusion b-o-r-i-n-g. He would
compose long pieces that would weave in and out of various feels: orchestral,
funky, techno-jazz, even touches of rock and roll. (He was, after all, Bruce
Springsteen's piano player.)
It seems to me that I still see his stuff in the used record bins from time
to time. Keep looking.
--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
--- {ihnp4,harvard,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddlebaba@flairvax.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) (10/30/84)
David Sancious did a tour with Jack Bruce and Billy Cobham four or five years ago, which I caught in Berkeley. He played both guitar and keyboards, and was pretty good. They released an album under the name Jack Bruce and Friends at about the same time. Baba