The Knee Plays
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Frank London...the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He served as conductor and music director for David Byrne and Robert Wilson's The Knee Plays, and has collaborated with the Palestinian American violinist Simon Shaheen. London has composed numerous works... In this article: Frank London, North Sea Jazz Festival, New England Conservatory, David Byrne, Yvonne Rainer, John Sayles, Simon Shaheen, and Klezmer Conservatory Band |
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Starpulse | April 10, 2009
David Byrne's New Album Features Music From HBO's 'Big Love'
...musical works include "Grown Backwards", Byrne's debut for Nonesuch Records, the Talking Heads box set, the "Knee Plays" CD from Robert Wilson's 1984 stage piece "the CIVIL wars" and Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Byrne's second...
In this article: David Byrne, HBO, Big Love, Big Love: Hymnal, Talking Heads, New York City, Here Lies Love, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, and PowerPoint
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Wikipedia | January 12, 2008
Portal:Houston/Music, Arts & Culture/December 2007
...one of the inaugural performances being a modern dance program, Tango Argentino, in the Brown Theater and Robert Wilson and David Byrne 's The Knee Plays , presented by the Society for the Performing Arts in the Cullen Theater. A significant...
In this article: David Byrne, Robert Wilson, and Wortham Theater Center
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Music for The Knee Plays
..."The Knee Plays" Music for "The Knee Plays" (1985) is an album of music by David Byrne composed for Robert Wilson 's opera the CIVIL warS. The album was originally released on vinyl and a remastered & expanded CD version was released in...
In this article: David Byrne, DVD, The Civil WarS, and Robert Wilson
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Pitchfork | September 21, 2007
David Byrne Unearths The Knee Plays for CD Release Pitchfork
...piece that had a limited run in the U.S. and Europe in 1985. Nonesuch will release The Knee Plays on October 30, supplemented with eight previously unreleased instrumentals. Also included is a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400...
In this article: David Byrne, Robert Wilson, This Must Be the Place, Once in a Lifetime, DVD, The Civil WarS, and Prince Paul
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The Knee Plays Pitchfork
...avant-jazz label ECM the next year. "Knee Plays" is Wilson's own term, contrived to describe the connective vignettes that link the larger sections of a production, allowing for set and costume changes. Byrne signed on to produce the...
In this article: David Byrne, Robert Wilson, Stop Making Sense, The CIVIL warS, Civil War, Einstein on the Beach, Twyla Tharp, and Philip Glass
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The Knee Plays is the title of David Byrne's remastered and expanded edition of his Music for "The Knee Plays" album, originally released in 1985, containing music composed for Robert Wilson's opera the CIVIL warS. It's the first time the album is released on CD, and it includes 8 previously unreleased bonus tracks and a DVD of the music set to a slideshow of 400 black and white photographs.
An official site with information about the album was created to promote the reissue. (http://www.kneeplays.com/)
- Name:
- The Knee Plays
- Genre:
- Rock
- Release Date:
- November 06, 2007
- Succeeded By:
- Big Love Soundtrack
- Recorded By:
- David Byrne
- Record Label:
- Nonesuch Records
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