Sting Live in Tokyo - "....world is runnin down". K Kirkland's piano solo

kenny kirkland killin' it in Tokyo with Sting's "Nothing Like the Sun" tour

[@Williamkurk]

MY LORD!!!!!! May this gem never cease from the eyes and ears of humanity!

[@jimleveilleurlive3790]

young people ! THIS IS MUSIC

[@raycallender5066]

Damn Kenny! My piano hero, RIP!!!!!!!!!!

[@tjnunez2031]

This was Stings best group of players ever!!! RIP Kenny!¡!

[@RogerBiwandu]

Na, the best band of that area was just before, The Blue Turtles with Omar Hakim, Darryl Jones, Branford, Kenny, Janice, Dolette and Sting of course.

[@user-me1gd8tr2v]

i enjoyed every band Sting created. They all had their own uniqueness. But Dolette got to travel with Sting and they were awesome creatively with their dances, live. I enjoyed immensely on youtube.

[@teddypantelas]

He’s killing it here! As always! One of the greats of all time! He gave a lot!

[@Guitar-free]

This was the best Sting era by far! Kenny Kirkland on piano, Monster!!!! Rip.

[@MrMatt-cm6do]

Whatever the elusive ‘it’ is, Kenny had it.

[@hoisin75]

What a band sting had behind him during this phase. Doesn’t get much better

[@Keepgoing42]

Kenny is killing it

[@wilsargisson3626]

Digital pianos have sure come a long way in 25 years

[@Keepgoing42]

why is that?

[@paulbarraza3577]

So have digital cameras lol

[@THe9-3MAnIaC]

Korg did a really special piano sound on this SG-1D, and I love it!

[@tracythejazzlifer4529]

I was at this concert back in the day . So wonderful and great. I was there as a young military soldier having a some R&R. God Bless America.😊

[@pernithahearne2749]

Great musicians.Sting was something else.

[@okrajoe]

Masterful piano work

[@ayberkgungor1554]

GIVES ME CHILLS!!!! LOADS OF ADVANCED HARMONIC STUFF GOING ON THERE

[@ralphhumphrey445]

This man died way too young. What a force of nature. He is missed.

[@perhyberg388]

Wow! This band! Some extraordinary musicianship! Saw this show in Stockholm, blew my mind.

[@life-is-inspiring3953]

Incredible piano solo

[@mathtrixmusiclix4248]

RIP KK. EASILY one the best. Sting was lucky!

[@danielkokal8819]

dude on keys is a madman

[@dougderryberry5028]

Whoooweee KK!! Super burning!!! killing band natch.....

[@furiacabocla2furiacabocla589]

This is a Wizard playing. He can make a dragon dance..

[@madwolf4273]

simply unbelievable, not only kenny kurkland

[@andybaldman]

Kirkland.

[@marcelobecerra5083]

Gran Kenny, realmente es un solo de piano hasta para bailarlo 🎹🎶

[@doddsalfa]

This says more about sting than many words

[@DrazenDragusica]

Legendary 👍

[@user-uq2dj1zc5w]

Awesome !

[@fidelcontreras4167]

Keny kirkland un genio en el piano, tanto virtuosismo falleció a los 43 años,...... Cuanto habria aportado mas a la musica

[@elpueblo71]

Amnistía en Chile, con Calliouta, Miller, la mejor banda que tuvo Sting... Como olvidar "Bring on the night". Gran keyboard!!! The best!!!

[@leanmchungry4735]

I saw this band on this tour in 88, Kenny was pure fire, he was 33 but looked 53 and very conservative. His playing had everything, I'd never have guessed he was a massive coke user.

[@halhal98]

insane

[@philburns5656]

Has music ever been bigger? Since? Before? Never.

[@dlg2009]

Explosive!

[@fiddlestix3025]

Oh My God….. 🔥🔥🔥

[@mediawolf1]

Dayum.

[@kaixo7]

grande

[@christophersimmons6377]

'''''you make the best of what's still around...."

[@Dtouch262]

Yes :-), check live "bring on thé night "..

[@jasonbushell7080]

Actual goosebumps.

[@chrismichaels6928]

Kenny killin’ it had Sting is prancing around the stage in Aikido pants …

[@user-me1gd8tr2v]

i love, love, love!!!!!

[@edwardkeeter762]

Not an easy task to upstage Branford Marsalis on that tour, but Kenny Kirkland did it nightly. What gets lost in the mix is the insane bass and percussion that was happening at the same time. POWERHOUSE band.

[@panopticonartist]

Kenny killed- what the @#$% was Sting doing?

[@imandan1966]

Enjoying himself since he wrote all the songs? Settle down lady

[@jofinsky8400]

Methinks Sting was more into his dance moves than Kenny's solo.

[@doddsalfa]

Great question

[@DanielBoonelight]

leave it to internet nobodies to gatekeep great musicians from actually having fun onstage, 30 years ago at that

[@inklesswells]

Lordy.

[@andybaldman]

Never knew the Wang Chung guy was such a great singer!

[@brunoborioni7806]

Yeha

[@user-me1gd8tr2v]

where is the entire concert?

[@cliffworks748]

Delmar Brown in red jacket RIP

[@luke125]

Kenny was a bad man.

[@jimayson]

Who was playing bass in this band?

[@superfuzzbox]

Tracy Wormworth

[@redinhodaflauta1269]

She also played with Wayne Shorter, and is the daughter of the great New York drummer Jimmy Wormworth (famous for his association with "Lambert, Hendricks and Ross").

[@jonjsaville]

Damn!!! Who's the crazy pianist? 👌🏾👍🏾😮

[@andybaldman]

Look at the video title.

[@guimarcocco]

Kenny Kirkland

[@user-ie2dp9vh6h]

Delmar Brown!!!!

[@emilturchi4838]

0:10

[@briancrowley6413]

was that dolette mcdonald singing and dancing with Sting????

[@user-me1gd8tr2v]

YES, they had it going on!

[@brai8090]

year?

[@superfuzzbox]

1988

[@achmadramadhan1550]

@@superfuzzbox great book, thanks for the stories :)

[@DarthClam]

Anyone know the year?

[@jeffreycampbell516]

1988

[@jeffreycampbell516]

1988

[@andybaldman]

Needs more cuts.

[@DanielBoonelight]

hahahah..... how else to enjoy both the musical prowess *and* the NKOTB-level coordinated dance chops all at once?..

[@ianseward9928]

Sting broke into a river dance funky soul groove thing there and looked a complete tosser . Rescued by the band and a great vibe.

[@mancuniancandidatem]

I think that for a minute there, he was identifying as Janet Jackson.

[@DanielBoonelight]

nothing wrong with both having fun in music and making it a real multilevel *performance* ~part of the reason you even know the guy's name happens to be because of the latter, love it or hate it.

[@euex]

Who is the drummer?

[@ulrichbuttner6475]

Omar Hakim

[@carlosmartinez324]

Que desubicada que se pegó Sting con la corista!!!

[@vicarbel6202]

Wow, did you guys see that air-butt-grab at 2:20 ? Nowadays he would get arrested for that...

[@Will74Densetsu]

I didn' see that. I can't belevie Sting did that.. :((

[@tobybaker5187]

Yep. What an absolute idiot.

[@therealrussellsmyth]

No, you wouldn’t lol chill n enjoy the wonderful musicianship of Kenny Kirkland

[@kwamealievergreen4257]

2:18 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@eduardocamargo3069]

Hands in the ass

[@thekeyboardess1150]

Same joke each night, just for fun 😉

[@hotice8885]

Reverse the roles, and today's society would immediately attack anyone who did NOT take it as a joke

[@chrisheroldt5871]

Focus on solo diminishing, urge to punch sting rising...

[@DanielBoonelight]

except you nor any of the people watching the solo here or otherwise would even experience the solo whatsoever without sting both existing and being gratified from live performance.

[@GMan269]

Kenny was not from this planet.

[@andybaldman]

2:20 metoo moment. Cancel him!

[@therealrussellsmyth]

Chill , enjoy the music lol

[@RogerBiwandu]

Sting miming grabbing the face B of his vocalist, no class at all, he would be slammed these days...

[@Vic9994546]

Musicians did a lot of drugs in those days on stage haha