Music and the American Presidency: A Virtual Fireside Chat with U.S. Presidents

Music and the American Presidency: A Virtual Fireside Chat with U.S. Presidents

Summertime (Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) President William Jefferson Clinton, sax 64 seconds Click here to see Dan Higgins’ transcription of a sax solo by Bill Clinton (courtesy Dan Higgins) [NOTE: Higgins is featured on saxophone on the new Quincy Jones CD. While they were recording, Quincy told him that he stayed at the White House and Bill… Read more »

Written By

Frank J. Oteri

Frank J. Oteri is an ASCAP-award winning composer and music journalist. Among his compositions are Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow for orchestra, the "performance oratorio" MACHUNAS, the 1/4-tone sax quartet Fair and Balanced?, and the 1/6-tone rock band suite Imagined Overtures. His compositions are represented by Black Tea Music. Oteri is the Vice President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and is Composer Advocate at New Music USA where he has been the Editor of its web magazine, NewMusicBox.org, since its founding in 1999.

Summertime (Gershwin/DuBose Heyward)
President William Jefferson Clinton, sax
64 seconds


Click here to see Dan Higgins’ transcription of a sax solo by Bill Clinton (courtesy Dan Higgins)

[NOTE: Higgins is featured on saxophone on the new Quincy Jones CD.
While they were recording, Quincy told him that he stayed at the White House
and Bill proudly showed him the transcription that is on the wall of his music room.]