# 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.

## 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. 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. 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.

## Selected discography

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