Toto's David Paich & Steve Porcaro Revisit "Hit" Songs on Original Piano @ Sunset Sound Recorders

Toto band members David Paich and Steve Porcaro sit down at the steinway piano in studio 2 at sunset sound recording studio in Hollywood, CA to jam through of their favorite hits like..
"Rosanna"
"Africa"
"Hold The Line"
"Human Nature" Michael Jackson which was written by Steve Porcaro.
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[@xandertreffers]

The part about the fingering! Steve instantly noticing that David is playing it differently than he did before and David explaining about how he learned a new way to play his own stuff, lol! By Greg Phillinganes. Amazing, how great minds learn and teach each other in so many ways.

[@oskarus3]

Greg has perfect pitch, so that's probably why he heard it differently and learned how to play his way :)

[@simbaking6338]

Two of my keyboard heroes since i was a kid......in one room together.....David & Steve.....Magically awesome!!!!

[@55ticktack]

It's unbelievable that two great keyboard players belonged to one band! Thanks for uploading.

[@kristopherkrahl1597]

A fine example of a supergroup!

[@candelise]

​AND a great guitarist AND a great drummer and a killer vocalist in Bobby Kimble. Pound for pound one of the best bands assembled. As you said, a supergroup! @@kristopherkrahl1597

[@eric1966tomson]

Supertramp 😎

[@candelise]

@@eric1966tomson Not quite as accomplished as keyboard players.

[@eric1966tomson]

@@candelise are you sure to know them well? 🤔

[@SirVicc]

Arguably the greatest lineup of musicians in one group.

[@reginaldstampe3753]

Yes after Dream Theater

[@Michael-pw1tb]

@@reginaldstampe3753yes after led zeppelin

[@franciscolopez3229]

No contest. Thay were all session musicians who did a lot of records aside from being good song writters and arrangers.

[@keithmulcahy3417]

@@reginaldstampe3753 look at the music and hits these guys have played on , no disrespect to Dream Theatre but their not on the same planet

[@DabsDad]

@@reginaldstampe3753 lol. Dream Theater can't touch Toto. Dream Theater may have virtuosos musicians, but they cannot compose or swing like Toto. It's really not even close and they would probably humbly agree. Dream Theater is a niche audience. DT has sold 12 million albums, Toto has sold 40 million. People will remember Toto long after DT is done and gone. Good songwriting stands the test of time. Not speed metal licks.

[@MemphiStig]

Toto IV is such a perfect album.

[@Frontdesk99]

"Human Nature" is an extraordinary progression of the most beautiful chords put together by this master.

[@Billywagner22]

I'm amazing how they both have different tones on the piano.

[@willcastilloe]

EXACTLY what i noticed ....

[@juancjuanc9]

its more slightly different interpretations of the groove

[@natehine8541]

the sound of that piano is forever. you recognize it right away

[@marquiselektrek8452]

Paich snd Porcaro, 2 of the greats reliving the "old days!" When creativity, ingenuity, unbelievable talent, and occasionally "altered states," lol, all came together, to make some of the great songs of America's 20th Century Song Book! Many of their songs will last a lifetime! Now if thats not a testament to talent, and the Lord's Amazing Blessings, then I don't know what is! 👍🏻 👏 ✌️ 😎

[@sunsetsoundrecorders]

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[@DhafinFausta]

3 minutes and a half is never enough for this!! Toto! A handful of talents...

[@colbymasvidal2397]

The sound of that piano is SO CLEEEAN🔥

[@jessicabailey6792]

I just love these guys. I can listen to this all day.

[@DonnyNoMarie]

As a listener and consumer of music, I don't know how to describe my relationship with the song "Africa." I was 13 or 14 when this song debuted. I neither loved nor hated it. As an older person, I hear that song and it reminds me of the summers at my grandparents' house. It reminds me of playing kickball with my cousins. It reminds me of Coca-Cola in a glass bottle and staying up late to watch Johnny Carson. I guess you could say "Africa" by Toto is a part of my past - an old familiar face that I never really got to know.

[@wholderby]

I remember as a teenager when the song came out liking it but feeling that "Seren--------geti" was shoehorned in there but now when I hear this beloved song I am 16 again with the windows down driving down the road enjoying life without much of a care in the world. Absolutely love Africa and everything about it as an adult. Toto had so much assembled talent as we all know......

[@DonnyNoMarie]

@@wholderby today, I definitely have a greater appreciation for this song. I guess it took a couple of decades to grow on me. 😂 For example, Glenn Medeiros' version of "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You," used to make my skin crawl. I would literally RUN 🏃‍♂to change the radio station! Now, it reminds me of being 16 and falling in love for the first time. Time changes things - even feelings.

[@jameshurlbut4151]

​@@wholderbyThat's definitely one that'll take you back! I graduated in '81 so can relate. Another one that does that to me is Christopher Cross' "Sailing", a song I've come to understand is also a pop masterpiece like all the tunes these cats played. Jeff Porcaro was also really in a class by himself, gone too soon but what an exceptional legacy!

[@thiagomanobatera]

Steve Porcaroooooo !!!!😊

[@crisabdel1989]

But RIP Mike and Jeff😭

[@PONKEYWAG]

2 great keyboardists, Steve a guitar legend and Jeff one of the best drummers ever....they played on so much other stuff outside Toto, 2 Porcaro brothers sadly no longer with us and when the others pass their music will live on

[@keithmulcahy3417]

The greatest musicians ever in 1 bags it’s just incredible

[@mathumphreys]

I'll admit it, I came here to see David Paich play Rosanna on that piano. To see Steve play it on the same piano is just freakin awesome!!

[@evanjazzista]

David is a great composer, that's an understatement, but dude, that thing Steve does on suspended chords: he plays the 4th while still keepinging the major 3rd. In other words, instead of playing root/4th/5th the man goes root/3rd/4th, that sound is pure magic!

[@piano4014]

We call them crushed chords...wonderful.

[@primeanalogrecords]

Marty Paich was his dad! Are you kidding? Of course!!!

[@stanjames4031]

I wish they were still able to tour with Toto.

[@DabsDad]

it's not the same without Paich

[@ronricherson6685]

I love Toto. As a keyboardist, I played a bunch of their songs, beginning with "I'll supply the love" when I was in the Air Force Band. What a great groove! Sans vocals I recreated Rosanna note for note a few years ago. A very fun labor of love. Thanks to Arturia's "Toto" sounds it worked out pretty well, but those syncopated parts and the ending solo are amazing.

[@anthonysonego]

Paich and Porcaro - exceptional talents! What a treat to see them play their iconic hits and witness their genuine nature, both encouraging and humble. And that piano still has such a beautiful tone!

[@intentionaloffside8934]

The Porcaro Brothers has an immense impact on Toto.

[@PastTime777]

Paich’s solo on the live version of Georgie Porgie Pudding Pie is Amazing.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Just want to mention fathers - Joe Porcaro (also dad of Jeff and Mike of Toto) was a drummer. A couple of names he recorded with: Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, The Monkees, Madonna, Streisand, many more. Marty Paich was a piano player and a few folks he made multiple records with include Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan. Then of course, let me add in Toto singer Joseph Williams whose dad is John, yes, THAT John Williams.

[@user-rp6ic8of5w]

David Paich is a unique talent and a personal favorite. I think Rosanna is a one-of-a- kind song!!! My favorite by them and I believe their best!!!

[@danf141]

Rosanna (Porcaro) - 0:00 Rosanna (Paich) - 0:21 Africa (Paich) - 0:47 Africa kalimba (Paich) - 1:05 Hold the line (Paich) - 1:33 Human nature (Porcaro) - 2:04

[@derekm3180]

These guys have such incredible ears and musical instincts. No one sounds like them, and yet their music immediately sounds like it's been part of you forever. This is the sound of my childhood, and I'm so pissed I didn't follow through with my piano lessons lol.

[@jaetguz]

I am a guitar player but I love piano players. Steve Porcaro and David Paich are complete inspirations. They were and are so cool.

[@bobbycressey]

THE FINGERING FOR THE GS1 Part on Africa OMG

[@hollylewis5302]

Wow! That piano's sonic overtones are unmistakable and so recongnizable! Eddie wrote on it too right? And Prince? The DNA and energy living in that keyboard has got to be supernatural! Thank you David and Steve for this special musical treat, which to them probably just seems like business as usual. To see them play snippets of these iconic songs is something to be cherished. I used to play Hold The LIne in a band in 1979. #Flashback Thanks Drew for always keeping it unbelieveably AWESOME! 🤘🌇🔊

[@ArrowMaster_]

I could watch this on repeat forever❤

[@CCharlesHahn]

It would be amazing to see a list of all the tracks that piano has been recorded on over the decades...

[@welkerroad]

Please upload more of these types of videos. It is healing to my soul in an indescribable way.

[@jeremycrandall2899]

I’m jealous of the fact that these guys are around 70 and don’t need to look at sheet music for these songs. I’m 53… been playing piano most of my life, including performing for people for many years, and I need to look at sheet music for the vast majority of songs that I play, even some that I’ve played hundreds of times over the years. I don’t care how many times they’ve played those songs, that’s pretty damn impressive that they can play like that without looking at the sheet music, especially at their age. Awesome stuff!

[@Frontdesk99]

I truly don't understand why you still need that sheet music. Do you have memory problems or something?

[@Karl_Malmsteen]

I canˋt even read sheet music.

[@erianersitetras7172]

I think why they don't need sheet music is because.. they actually the one who composed the piece and they're used to play it live over and over so yeah

[@Frontdesk99]

@@erianersitetras7172 You're not a true musician if you need sheet music.

[@jeremycrandall2899]

@@erianersitetras7172Whatever the reason is, I’m still very impressed.

[@lorenzovalleriani9985]

Brividi infiniti...

[@robvanscheijndel]

Brilliant musicianship.

[@moindermeyn]

The Sound of the Steinway and the great work of TOTO. 🥰

[@jaggass]

And there's me thinking it was a Baldwin piano as Dave said he used one on every Toto album

[@isolars]

I was outside Sunset earlier this month taking some photos and someone was BLASTING Hold the Line in their car outside the studio, I don’t know if they knew but hot damn did it make my day.

[@KeithCopeland778]

Absolutely amazing musicians!!! Human Nature is a beautiful song!!!!

[@SouthJerseyMatt]

Masters at work

[@nmy9889]

Toto - a band of top sessionists having fun ❤

[@jeremychurch5683]

Hold the Line is one of the best songs ever, I just don't know how you can get much better than that.

[@MarkDaleADV]

I agree, also my favorite, and having been previously ignorant, was overjoyed to learn that human nature was from the same pool of talent.

[@bigkahunauk1]

Never noticed it before until I saw it on the keyboard visually but that Africa piano riff is almost impressionistic, like Ravel Miroirs No. 5, La Vallée des Cloches. (bow)

[@simes205]

Based on an e pentatonic scale ;)

[@yosode]

This is a real songwriting masterclass.

[@chuckfarley567]

Human nature....awesome !!

[@cmikesmith664]

This is so amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@donkravallo5676]

Thats absolutly AMAZING! Thanks for this AWESOME Songs. These songs accompanied me in my childhood. I still get goosebumps today when I hear them.

[@claudehopper9813]

master musicians the best !

[@MrFreevo]

I love you David!! A true legend! Steve is awesome, also!

[@Greenriver842]

I love the piano on Toto records, a band full of talented musicians. 👏🏻

[@dugjay]

Two legends.

[@leander79416]

Epic musicians

[@richardleerodgers5303]

Outstanding

[@robertchutonogbanua2564]

I love a master class by two great pianists! It's interesting how Greg Phillinganes taught David Paich how to play his own song! It's true that there are different ways to play the same chords. I was just listening to "Separate Ways" by Journey and figured out the intro one way and then saw Jonathan Cain playing it a different way live!

[@BenKash308]

That piano is like a fine wine. You guys have made sure that it still sounds so amazing and recognizable!

[@jessicabailey6792]

So the great Greg Phillinganes is responsible for that change in keyboard fingering for Africa! Seems a lot easier to play it that way, too.

[@mattwaters6987]

This is great! Thanks for sharing!

[@Nightjar726]

Gorgeous

[@walterbarnick3598]

Wonderful.Thank you.

[@user-pe1fp1hp3c]

Wow, wow, wow. Thank you for this upload. Love their musicianship

[@TinusTegenlicht]

Both such talented men and beside that, genuinely nice folks as well!

[@anjinghitam8141]

Oh man..!! These guys makes me want to play piano . Love them both. Stay healthy ❤

[@sandrasanders706]

Priceless!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@user-vz4gu5ij2s]

Two legends!

[@Samantha-vlly]

I was hoping Steve will play snippet of Lea It’s great seeing them two

[@MrDrewseph]

That's the sound

[@Retrogamer71]

Thrilling!

[@drbassface]

Masters

[@alejandrocc9217]

Grandes maestros ambos. desde Chile siempre he admirado sus talentos

[@jeremyhyde6151]

Goosebumps

[@macdad159]

LEGENDS!

[@jaggass]

Dave played Rosanna better than on the original and loved how the sound was turned up more when Steve played Human Nature

[@MasterIvo]

lovely

[@timh5311]

Love it😊

[@brownsfan7753]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!

[@boyrazak]

Love it❤❤❤

[@david25876]

Very cool. Thx!

[@CynthiaTomArtsandHealing]

I so wanted this clip from the great interview. Thank you!!! ( fyi in your description...its Hold the Line. Im sure it's a typo)

[@carlosrocha9550]

Wonderful ❤️❤️🏆🏆👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@berthier8]

Wonderful 🙌🙌🙌

[@Megatone230]

Beautiful!!!!!

[@Quhpi...]

Wow ! Do it that way Michael Jackson........blow me away !!!! 🙂

[@raymondkb2nzo788]

Fantastic

[@davidreidy5750]

Wow those guys are good🗽♥️

[@Mark-fs5fq]

Brilliant !

[@joeykiller3938]

Would have been awesome to see/hear "Pamela" as well. I´ve seen David play it in another video so I think I´ve got it. 🙂

[@kevinkappelman6227]

Wow, that piano sounds amazing!

[@piano4014]

I think its a Steinway model O...probably 100years old....might be wrong though..

[@stephendverner]

Toto, influenced so much good music outside their own group too.

[@Twobarpsi]

Wow!! Incredible 🤘!!

[@jdredman]

Give us MOAR

[@darrynhall5953]

Awesome

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

This is great

[@ArrowMaster_]

🥰😍🥰

[@jcperry0902]

True F masters.

[@jeffreysantner3717]

The horn blast on Africa was used in Beatbox by Art Of Noise.

[@evomink]

Both guys are so great. And what an incredible instrument… one guy can replicate vocals, guitar, and bass lines all on one instrument with the piano. I know how stupid that sounds, but it still blows my mind.

[@phsycopiano]

Just barely 4 minutes?😡😒😒 I could watch these guys all day

[@synphonix123]

Great stuff! Timeless. Piano / instrumental version of Human Nature is fantastic - check out David Benoit's cover from his Heroes album.

[@juancarlosayala8961]

Good music makes me cry everytime thankyou for all your contributions I've been a long time toto fan..

[@user-kd4wk9by2h]

Iconic players playing iconic music on an iconic piano in an iconic studio! There - meaning every word - I’ve used the word ‘iconic’ four times in a single sentence. Onward… 🎹

[@mv9787]

This video should’ve been longer