David Sancious & Tone (aka b]Tone[/b)]was an American jazz-fusion band founded in August 1974 by keyboardist David Sancious (born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on 30 November 1953) and Ernest Carter l(both of whom had left Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. plus Gerald Carboy (bass).

At various times the band featured Patti Scialfa, Gayle Moran (from Return To Forever and The Mahavishnu Orchestra), and future Santana vocalist Alex Ligertwood. Springsteen encouraged Sancious in his solo career and made sure music executives heard his demos, leading to a contract with Epic Records.

Sancious' work with Tone was a radical departure from the music he played with Springsteen; Tone explored progressive rock and instrumental jazz fusion and had more in common with Yes or early Genesis than Sancious' former boss.

Another album, Transformation (Speed Of Love), followed in 1976, and a third album, Dance Of The Age Of Enlightenment, was recorded. However a dispute between Epic and Sancious' new label, Arista Records, over ownership rights meant it was shelved. It would not be released until 2004. One more Tone album, True Stories, came out in 1978 but the band subsequently broke up. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.