Music for "The Knee Plays"

Music for "The Knee Plays" (1985) is an album by American musician David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was released on vinyl; a remastered and expanded CD version was released in November 2007 under the title The Knee Plays and it includes eight previously unreleased bonus tracks and a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs.

Track listing All tracks written by David Byrne except where noted.

DVD track listing

Personnel

Garnett Brown - trombone Ray Brown - trumpet on tracks 1–5, 10–12 David Byrne - vocals Pete Christlieb - saxophone on tracks 1–5, 10–12 Rich Cooper - trumpet on tracks 1–5, 10–12 Ernie Fields Jr. - baritone saxophone Chuck Findley - trumpet on tracks 1–4, 11 Bill Green - baritone saxophone Bobbye Hall - percussion Dana Hughes - trombone Paul Humphrey - drums Jackie Kelso - saxophone on tracks 5–10, 12 Harry Kim - trumpet on tracks 5–10, 12 Don Myrick - saxophone on tracks 1–4, 11 Nolan Smith - trumpet on tracks 1–5, 10–12 David Stout - trombone Phil Teil - trombone Ernie Watts - saxophone on tracks 1–4, 11 Fred Wesley - trombone

Release history Region Date Label Format CatalogWorldwide1985Regal ZonophoneLP2403811ECM250222007NonesuchCD303228

References

External links Homepage for the re-release https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/knee-plays