Reel 0216, 1960 March 25

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Note 1: "March 25, 1960" (Friday) Zoot Sims, Fred, Bill Potts. Smith kids, Smith, Nehama Hendel, Bill Pierce, Tom, others?. CDI 1. Midsong: drums, piano, sax. 2. "let's play anohter chord to that" 3. Back into tune and "Play a blues?" 4. Riffs, looking for water. 5. Talk {"Play minor blues ...G-Minor" Zoot, Bill "Hey Gordon" 6. into tune loose with bad tape quality 7. new song, garbled tape CDII 1, 2, and 3. Bad tape, tunes and talk. 4. new section. Smith kids or other kids Smith's boice "saturated?" "hallway" "daddy" "Pittsburgh" stairs CUTS to new section?" Smith, piano, cats, microphones Cut's to woman "Jumped to an arbitrary decision." Versailles/Brassai ?? Impersonations of people and Smith by photo assistants and others in loft. Jim Karales mentioned. Gordon Parks mentioned. Wooman singing. Smith, Frank, Bob.Jean Sibelius. "Tell Tommy a nd Nehama that studio joke." CDIII 1. (Cont'd) Nahama sings wordless melody. Marilyn Monroe story. Israel. "Willie the whale singer" "Theodore Sturgeon story, short story. 2. More acapella singing 3. Blues guitar "Bill" 4. Guitar with Nehama speaking in other language. Nehama: "He knows my full name." Song: "Midnight Special" "Jumpin' Judy" with percussion instead of gtr. 5. "Tom Dooley" (different singing style) 6. short tune 7. Nehama singing chord changes &. Talk: "The Gate" Nehama works in the basement. "Clean" loft. 8. "Who's been taking pictures in here at 4-F?" "I have" Ahmad Jamal photograph! Dave leaving. "I was thinking maybe me and Fred could take it." Smith: "I don't want to take your pictures anymore, I don't want to do anything." Burt Stern's "Jazz on a summer's day" film opening at 5th Avenue Cinema. Teddy and other Princeton actor(s) in loft "darker the production the better I'll feel acting in it."

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