Music for "The Knee Plays"
Music for "The Knee Plays" is an album by 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.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