I was roadie on the Dream of blue turtles tour in Europe, very fortunate, fond memories with a great crew and band playing some cool tunes, thanks to Sting.
The Best.....simple the Best..... Kenny Kirkland's piano and keyboard solos are the highlight of this Sting album.....Bring on the Night.....I, myself, have this record....fantastic....🎵🎶🎼🎹🎷🎺🎸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏👏👏👏
I think if I had a time machine and could go to any gig, I'd go to this. The bass is shockingly on point and of course the keys are awesome. It's just so full of life. It represents a time that felt freer.
Yes! His solo brought me to jazz when I was fourteen years old and a big Police fan. I just went, WTF is this guy doing. I got fascinated by it, specially the moments he plays these chords and melodies outside the harmony.
..Kenny Kirkland died suddenly at 43 and left a seriously empty space in the world of the Greats,this solo on when the world is running down is purely magic ! Herbie Hancock came that night and was blown away by the perfection of KK...the great HH blown away by the limping KK ! insane !...
I roadied for Sting in ‘86 and shared many conversations with himself. It was he who first alerted me to the wonderful properties of moleskin trousers. Sting swears by them. Unparalleled comfort and style. I’ve worn them ever since. I firmly believe they protected me from Covid. I owe him my life. Cheers, Gordo.
Sting was never afraid to live his dreams and when he got his dreams, he dreamed new dreams and just kept rocking. And just keeps rocking on, inspiring a new generation to live their dreams and get their dreams. As they say in Italy, "Bravissimo!"
Miraculous amalgamation of jazz and rock that defined my late teens. Kenny K is great and Branford's rap was a surprise but in the end only Sting could have pulled them together. Genius.
Kenny's solo has to b the best ever. It's so hard to really tell a story on a long solo. The journey he takes us on is just incredible. From inside to effortlessly outside. How many piano solos have so many guys posting their attempts at this amazing solo? This solo makes him immortal. His touch,rhythm,technique & dynamics make this solo unique. Sadly missed. RIP Kenny. We still love u & your work 30 yrs later.So inspiring.
Best Sting band after Police period ever heard Hakim, kenny, jones, branford , dolette and janice , fantastic pieces and immortal sound , he was in a great shape, thanks great maestro thanks very much for this masterpiece
I am crying... For real... this is the best piano solo ever, and I've been searching it for years and years!! I had it on my pirat CD and didn't know where and when was this - PARIS, I know now!!! Thank you elina500, God bless you! 3 minutes fly like 15 seconds, this is real piano story... :-*
I hear you. Kenny Kirkland's solo is a music treasure. It has been a few decades since KK played this solo. It is still makes me think he reached the impossible. It is transcendental.
Kenny.. You are immortal my friend.. My life changed since the first time i heard this solo!!! Thee solo.. Omar Joaquin on drums.. Sting on bass... Great trio.. Amazing.. Immortal!!!!
At that time it was a sensation that Sting suddenly worked with jazz musicians and created a symbiosis between pop / rock and jazz music. A milestone. Of course he has the best musicians currently brought but they do their best.
brings back such memories, with me and my headless ibanez, and lying down in my room 25 years ago, and trying to keep up with the music.... failing miserably but still loved the song! Thanks for being part of my youth!! Sting rocks!!!!
Kenny K --- just WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. just wished I caught the Albert Hall gigs in 85. My sch. pal wanted to go, then changed her mind and thus, I did not go - on my own, at 15 yrs old. So, wished I had. Bought this double CD in 85 and I still have it. This album is in my top 3
So much energy that even a garage punk can appreciate it. Not that I know garage punks... But people still should listen to Ornette Coleman, Charlie Mingus, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Django Reinhardt and Don Van Vliet to become whole.
REally? Cool dude....that was history in the making......probably of of the finest tours to ever hit the road. Overshadowed perhaps by recent Police, Bowie, Talking Heads, K Crimson tours....but none the less...
If Kenny's brilliant solo alone from this already amazingly reimagined hybrid of BotN/WtWiRD...does not give you the chills, you're pushing up the daisies somewhere.
minute 5:50 for the next 130 seconds: it's going in my living will - play this for me as I'm dying. Seriously. It can only help.That roar of the fans....no words for this magic.
Hey thanks for posting this! I had this double live album and listened to this track over and over. Then I went to see Sting (early 90's I think) and flipped my wig when the first few chords of this medly started. No-one else was screaming as they didn't know what song it was going to be :) I love this version best of all those on youtube...
Incredible union of instruments and sounds! This song is a real treat. Can't get enough of it for years:) BRAVO! Sting, you should seriously come to Skopje (Macedonia). Thanks for the upload.
I am dying looking for the video version of this rendition. Saw it once on the net, but it has vanished. What a colorful performance, what a capture. If anyone has got it, please share !
love the music Andy Summers played on this song on guitar & it haunts me even 2 this day. the lyrics Sting wrote make me feel like my brother wrote this song for me & the keyboards r awesome. great music. thanks Sting
aries4961 Sting plays the guitar on this live version (!). The piano is more on the segue, ""When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
it was Sting solo already....the drummer is Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones on bass, Kenny Kirkland on piano, and a very "bad" saxophone player named Branford Marsalis on sax...I love the Police but these guys here, from a musical and technical point of view, are in another league :)
Max Sone Stewart Copeland is very much in the same league as Omar Hakim!! Hakim's versatile and super-tight, but Copeland's trickling high-hat and cymbals are pretty unique. Watch him play "Bring On the Night" live with The Police.
despues de muchos años no tenia tiempo para disfrutar de la musica de mi juventud, pero esto es para escuchar con un trago y sentar se a recordar los 80s y mas...
One of the stronger more imaginative solos you will ever hear. A little Art Tatum . . . a little Monk, and some sh*t that is just absurd. Wonder how many time Jason Moran has listened to this.
