Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis had President Clinton bobbing his head to a brassy Duke Ellington number as the East Room was transformed into a White House radio studio for a night.
The Clintons hosted a black-tie taping Monday of National Public Radio's "Performance Today" program to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary."I guess the roof is still standing, no thanks to you guys," Martin Goldsmith, master of ceremonies for the night, told Marsalis and pianist Marcus Roberts.
After James Galway's dizzyingly fast "Flight of the Bumblebee," Goldsmith told the flautist, "I think you must have broken one or two natural laws."
Other performers included violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, pianist Murray Perahia and mezzo soprano Denyce Graves. The hourlong program will air on Dec. 1.