Watch Humans and Robots Getting It On, Musically, before Bumbershoot

As previously mentioned, this year’s Bumbershoot arts program includes an appearance by Shimon, the Jazz-Improvising Marimba Robot that gave Stephen Colbert such a fright earlier this year. Lele Barnett, who’s curating the Sounds Human exhibit, just confirmed that at tonight’s free arts preview the celebrity robot will be jamming with the famous Trey Gunn (from King Crimson) and Chris Brokaw (from Come & Codeine) for a one-night-only performance. Shimon will be on the marimba all weekend, but tonight is your only chance to see this particularly exciting musical collaboration.

The Human-Robot musical summit beings at 6 p.m. in the Lopez Room. Be there on time. Just because the robot loves to improvise, it still has its brethren’s hard-coded fondness for maintaining a tight schedule.