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Birth name
  
Kelly Pratt

Role
  
Multi-instrumentalist

Occupation(s)
  
Musician

Music groups
  
Beirut, Arcade Fire

Years active
  
2006–present

Genres
  
Indie rock, World music

Name
  
Kelly Pratt


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Instruments
  
trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, french horn, flute, glockenspiel

Associated acts
  
Beirut, Arcade Fire, Emilie Simon

Albums
  
Funeral, Reflektor, The Suburbs, Neon Bible, The Flying Club Cup

Similar People
  
Ben Lanz, Zach Condon, Heather Trost, Paul Collins, Jeremy Gara

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Kelly Pratt is a multi-instrumentalist best known for his brass work in the band Beirut and with David Byrne.

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Biography

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Pratt has been a member of Beirut since the band's relocation to Brooklyn, playing in the live band and on the recordings. He joined Montreal's Arcade Fire on their Neon Bible world tour in 2007–2008, playing trumpet, flugelhorn, euphonium, french horn, and flute. In 2012–2013, Pratt was an arranger for David Byrne & St. Vincent's album Love This Giant. He was also co-musical director and led the eight-piece brass section for the tour promoting the album.

In addition to the previous bands he has performed and/or recorded with Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit, James Iha, Nina Persson, Owen Pallett, The War on Drugs, The Antlers, Lonnie Holley, Bishop Allen, Emilie Simon, Anthony Braxton, Butch Morris, and Herman Düne, 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.

Selected discography

  • Beirut – The Lon Gisland EP (2006)
  • Bishop Allen – Bishop Allen and the Broken String (2007)
  • Beirut – The Flying Club Cup (2007)
  • Escort – Love in Indigo (2007)
  • Herman Düne – Giant (2007)
  • Coldplay – Prospekt's March (2008)
  • Team B – Team B (2009)
  • Herman Düne – Next Year in Zion (2008)
  • Arcade Fire – Mirroir Noir (2009)
  • Beirut – March of the Zapotec (2009)
  • The Maccabees – Wall of Arms (2009)
  • Amanda Blank – I Love You (2009)
  • A Camp – Colonia (2009)
  • Emilie Simon – The Big Machine (2009)
  • Harlem Shakes – Technicolor Health (2009)
  • Beirut – The Rip Tide (2011)
  • Escort – Escort (2011)
  • Alexi Murdoch – Towards the Sun (2011)
  • Emilie Simon – Franky Knight (2011)
  • Bright Moments – Natives (2012)
  • Passion Pit – Gossamer (2012)
  • David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant (2012)
  • James Iha – Look to the Sky (2012)
  • LCD Soundsystem – Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012)
  • Bonobo – The North Borders (2013)
  • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Days of Abandon (2014)

    • References

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