sawai is composing a contemporary piece for koto, a traditional instrument, but he continues the tradition of writing with some expression of nature and somewhat of a narrative. [conga drumming] (narrator) one of the most common vocal and instrumental forms found around the world is call and response. call and response is both a structure and a way of performing. it relies on the regular alternation between soloist and chorus. in sub-sahara africa, it is one of the main ways that vocal music is organized. [call and response singing] (man) call and response is the lifeblood of african people. and so, for example, when we played "kakilambe," there was a call, ♪ maimbo maimbo mama maimbo kakilambe be boom be ♪ and we responded. and so, as you could see, there is a lead person singing, and we respond directly. so if you had to connect it to, perhaps, a western sense of it, you would have section a stated and then section a repeated. in the ceremony for kakilambe, call and response plays a very important part within the music. it's a harvesting dance. you're calling to kakilambe for blessings.

that's a good looking koto. >> but maybe a little makeup because that's hard to pull off. >> it's america. >> where you can do anything. temperature 11 degrees. the record low is eight degrees. we are three degrees off from that. it was a longstanding record and we are getting close to. another one could fall today. wind out of the west at 22. the dew point is down to four degrees. very dry periods 13 rate now in chicago. 11 in aurora. the wind is coming out of the west. the wind has picked up 10-25 mi. per hour. 22 mi. at o'hare. take the wind and the temperatures. it feels like 8 degrees below that of their appearance of and below in valparaiso. of course, you have to bundle up. today is good to be a cold day. the cold temperature this afternoon may go down in the record books. satellite shower shows like affection hours. we are expecting light flurries but that's it. tomorrow is a different story. chance of snow showers developing into tomorrow. one-2 in. during the day wednesday. all of that will stick. today, 20 degrees. record afternoon temperature is 22 from back in 1908. tonight,