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...interplay of synthesizer and guitar is one of the keys to Air’s sound, but also one of its chief dangers, as this interplay is also the key to most elevator music...
Prolific composer Jim Hall will display his unique jazz guitar style, accompanied by the Harvard Jazz Band, in a presentation by the Office for the Arts. The recipient of the 1997 New York Jazz Critics Circle Award for Best Jazz Composer/Arranger, Hall recently held a discussion concert for Harvard students, and now presents his subtle, harmonically advanced playing for a general audience. Tickets $8 with Harvard I.D. (HBO). 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
...tale of the mad Dr. Caligari, whose carnival sideshow features a somnambulist with vivid visions of the future. The story takes on a darker tone when a series of murders is found to coincide with the prophet’s predictions. Featuring a variety of instruments including lap steel guitar, vibraphone, and percussion, The Devil Music Ensemble has toured around the country with their unique live soundtrack experience. Tickets $10 (Ticketweb). 7:30 p.m. Coolidge Corner Theatre...
Departing from the painstaking economy of Johnson’s guitar-and-voice arrangements, Clapton gives the erstwhile-skeletal pieces the full rock and roll treatment: his veteran band (which includes luminaries like keyboardist Billy Preston) adorns Johnson’s work with bass, drums, keyboard and harmonica. The extra sonic dimension feels more like revelation than heresy; the ease with which Clapton and his band introduce these new layers testifies to the oceanic depth of the songs. From the slow and dirty grind of “Milkcow’s Calf Blues?...
...McGee Band leave their acoustic guitar and earthy, hand-percussion sound and go electric on their second major-label album release, Save...