Character

Band

The Band performs live jazz at the White House inaugural ballroom across day and night events. They start with up-tempo songs that energize swing dancers and frame Toby's conversations with admirers and Leo's staffing talks. Later, they switch to slow jazz underscoring C.J.'s urgent debate with Leo over leaks and doctrine at the bar. Their music maintains a festive atmosphere amid political tensions without interrupting key exchanges, adapting seamlessly to sustain the event's rhythm.

3 appearances

Band's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Appointment, Optics, and the Cost of a Leak

N/A (musical atmosphere creates contrast to the conversations).

The band plays up-tempo jazz that defines the ballroom's rhythm—underscoring both the celebratory surface and the private political negotiations occurring amid the music.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Josh Reads the Leaked Quote

Neutral, buoyant — adds celebratory surface energy that deepens the scene's ironic contrast to the betrayal being revealed.

The band plays up-tempo jazz on the ballroom floor, providing a buoyant musical backdrop that contrasts with and temporally masks the charged private exchange between Danny and Josh.

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S4E15 · Inauguration Part II: Over There

Ballroom Warning: C.J. Warns of Leaks, Leo Defends Doctrine

Neutral/atmospheric—providing a languid soundtrack that underscores the formality of the occasion.

The band plays slow jazz, filling the ballroom with subdued music that contrasts the urgent content of the bar conversation and heightens the scene's ironic tension between celebration and crisis.

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