Kelly Pratt (musician)

Kelly Pratt
Kelly Pratt playing with Beirut, France, 2009
Kelly Pratt playing with Beirut, France, 2009
Background information
BornLexington, Kentucky
United States
GenresIndie-rock, World Music
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, French horn, flute
Years active2006–present

Kelly Pratt is an arranger and multi-instrumentalist best known for his brass and woodwind work in the bands Beirut, David Byrne & St. Vincent, and Father John Misty.[1][2]

Biography

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Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Pratt was a member of Beirut from the band's inception in 2006 until 2012, playing in the live band and on the recordings.[3][2] He joined Montreal's Arcade Fire on their Neon Bible world tour in 2007–2008, playing trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, French horn and flute. Pratt has also been an arranger and musical director for David Byrne & St. Vincent, leading the brass section for the tour promoting their album Love This Giant.[4] He is currently arranger and conductor for Father John Misty.

In addition to the previous bands he has performed and/or recorded with Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit, James Iha, The Decemberists, The War on Drugs, The Antlers, Lonnie Holley, and Anthony Braxton, amongst others.

Pratt is the singer and chief songwriter of Bright Moments, a Brooklyn-based indie rock band. Their debut album Natives was released February 21, 2012 on Luaka Bop.[1][5]

Selected discography

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Year Artist Album
2006 Beirut The Lon Gisland EP
2007 The Flying Club Cup
Herman Dune Giant
2008 Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Prospekt's March
Herman Dune Next Year in Zion
2009 Team B Team B
Arcade Fire Miroir Noir
The Maccabees Wall of Arms[6]
A Camp Colonia
Émilie Simon The Big Machine[7]
The Harlem Shakes Technicolor Health
Beirut March of the Zapotec
2011 The Rip Tide
Various Red Hot + Rio 2
Alexi Murdoch Towards the Sun
Emilie Simon Franky Knight
2012 Bright Moments Natives
Passion Pit Gossamer
David Byrne & St. Vincent Love This Giant
James Iha Look to the Sky
LCD Soundsystem Shut Up and Play the Hits
2013 Bonobo The North Borders
David Byrne & St. Vincent Brass Tactics
2014 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Days of Abandon
LCD Soundsystem The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden
2015 The Antlers In London
Laura Stevenson Cocksure
2017 Los Campesinos! Sick Scenes
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Echo of Pleasure
2018 Laura Gibson Goners
2020 Father John Misty Off Key in Hamburg
To S./To R.
2021 Flyte This is Really Going to Hurt
The Antlers Green to Gold
Bob's Burgers The Bob's Burgers Music Album
Margo Cilker Pohorylle
Beirut Fisher Island Sound
2022 Superchunk Wild Loneliness
Bob's Burgers The Bob's Burgers Movie: A Major Motion Burger Soundtrack
Father John Misty Chloë and the Next 20th Century
2023 Lonnie Holley Oh Me Oh My
M. Ward Supernatural Thing
Margo Cilker Valley of Heart's Delight
Louise Post Sleepwalker
2024 Guster Ooh La La
The Decemberists As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
Futurebirds Easy Company
Dhruv Private Blizzard

References

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  1. ^ a b "Feature Interview: Team B", Ca Va Cool, April 24, 2009, retrieved February 15, 2011
  2. ^ a b "ABOUT – Kelly Pratt Music". Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Loneliness and Sorrow With an Exotic Oomph", New York Times, February 8, 2009, retrieved February 15, 2011
  4. ^ "Review: Love This Giant", NY Times, September 10, 2012, retrieved September 17, 2012
  5. ^ "Review: Team B – Genesis Reply To Censure (Minotaur Shock Remix)", Ash Bees Fragments, July 28, 2010, retrieved February 15, 2011
  6. ^ "Maccabees, The – Wall of Arms", Discogs, retrieved February 15, 2011
  7. ^ "Emilie Simon Announces New Album "The Big Machine"", Alt Sounds, January 28, 2011, archived from the original on February 5, 2011, retrieved February 15, 2011
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