Kelly Pratt (musician)

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]

Kelly Pratt
Kelly Pratt playing with Beirut, France, 2009
Background information
Born	Lexington, Kentucky United States
Genres	Indie-rock, World Music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, French horn, flute
Years active	2006–present

Biography

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

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

1. "Feature Interview: Team B", Ca Va Cool, April 24, 2009, retrieved February 15, 2011
2. "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

External links

• Kelly Pratt at AllMusic
• Kelly Pratt discography at Discogs
• Team B on Myspace