I'll tell you one of the most poignant appearances I ever made with Benny Goodman. It was during the Reagan administration at the White House. And the King of Jordan was coming to the States to visit. And usually when a dignitary would come they'd ask you what kind of music does he like, and he could decide if he liked opera, they'd get an opera singer, if he likes jazz, they'll get a jazz singer. So the King of Jordan says well I'd like, I'm interested in jazz. So the Chairman of the Board was musical administrator for the White House when Reagan was in. Sinatra was. So Reagan called on him to get jazz musicians. So the King of Jordan's coming and Reagan calls Sinatra and says "Sinatra, get some guys for me for the King of Jordan." So Frank called us, not Benny, cause if Benny calls we go south. "See if you can get Hank and get Milt, and see if you can get Buddy Rich, and Bucky Pizzarelli, and do a little something for the King of Jordan. He likes jazz music." Benny says "okay, you call." So Frank called us. So naturally we were going to do it for the Chairman of the Board. So we get to the White House and now Benny wants a rehearsal. And you know Buddy Rich ain't going to make no rehearsal. But of course I was there at the rehearsal, Bucky was there, and Hank Jones and I were there, up in Benny's apartment and we come up there and sit around for a half hour, and Benny comes up "hello fellas." He picks up his horn. He says "thank you I'll see you later." And he never touched his horn. Well he got on that stage at the White House, and I never heard him play any more beautiful than he played that night. And Buddy Rich was the only one, Buddy is a violent and dangerous man, but Benny turned around to say "would you mind playing 'Sing, Sing, Sing?'" He says "anything you want, Benny." He went into it just exactly the way Gene would have played it, that's the way Buddy was. It was an amazing night. He played that thing [humms].