Marc Weidenbaum blogs about a Kronos Quartet/SF Jazz Festival concert including an arrangement of Televison's Marquee Moon:
There was also a cover of Television’s great punk-era rock song “Marquee Moon,” composed by Television’s Tom Verlaine and arranged by Steven Mackey. Though a classical quartet covering a rock song remains somewhat newsworthy for pushing boundaries, it’s worth noting that the original song was recorded five years before the founding of the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
Here's an alternate take of the original, via YouTube:
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