Reel 0651, undated

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Note 1: "Hallway. Some talk, David and Gene. About De….. Some girls, back around of records. All of above is crossed out. Tri Bune"; Note 2: CD1 Trs.1-14 radio show WNYC/WNYC-FM/youth forum then shirt factory fire commemoration. CD2 Trs. 1-8 WNYC/WNYC-FM radio programming. CD3 Trs. 1-15:Conversation in the Loft. Woman talking about being in Philadelphia. Smith wants to take Carole to Beckett play but doesn't have enough ticket money. Sounds of someone cutting paper w/ a slicer and maybe developping photos in background. Radio and other noise in the background. CD4 Trs.1-12 Convo in the Loft. volume of convo low. Smith talking about Japan and looking for coat. Still talking about Beckett play. Then room sounds, whistling. CD5: Trs. 1-6 In Loft: someone practicing sax. Smith tells sax player to keep playing while he checks on a print. Smith says high notes of horn not in tune. CD6: Trs. 1-6 Sax player still playing/lots of background noise. Maybe recording a track to other tracks (piano, drum, trumpet)?; Note 3: Extra (CDI and II unlistened) CDIII 1. Carole Thomas in loft, talk with putter and static. Smith's voice and one or two others present, jumps to sax riffs. Jumps back to original coversation in loft. Vitamins 2. discussion, socks, vitamins, potato, and Oscar Wilde loft contents, books. ** photo boxes 3. tickets to Beckett (play, not the author) State Central Ballet. closing night tickets offered. Melissa Hayden. coffe and pie 4. Carole's Japan photos, camera, story on McCarthy. 5. cont'd. "Lou". Article on Nathan Kline portable tape recorder 6. food and small talk. rhubard pie. 7. half of an egg sandwich 8. flipping thorugh papers 9 cont'd. Carole and photo conversation, eating noises 10. conversation. 11. Pageboy and street noise 12. loft sounds, 13, jazz on radio and Jumps to loft 14. putter and ambient 15. cont'd CDIV 1. cont'd putter and ambient, 2. quiet talk, Smith and another talking. "stupid cold" 3. cont'd "Gene still downstairs?" 4. Beckett ticket and Pop Photo 5. cont'd, "an indian runner" 6. talk and putter "by Gene Smith" 7. Smith story, last night of play Beckett with Olivier (and Anthony Quinn) 8. small talk 9. loft talk 10. less talk, 11. putter 12. cont'd CDV 1. sax riffs. Jumps to baritone sax riffs, quiet talk and far off ballad 2. talk off mic, Smith. "Freddie there isn't another light you could put in ther?" 3. Riffed sax tune, some talk 4. riffs and talk, including: Freddie" "Jerome Richardson" Yusef Lateef:"Bill Evans, that's his real, his family name, not the piano player." "any recording" "oh yeah, got a lot of em sounds terrible ...electrified accordion 5. riffs 6. riffs and quiet talk. CDVI 1. riffs and "Damn you, Snith" footsteps 2. recording of music, (source?) Sax joins the recording, and new song, 3. new recroding with piano bass drum sax, (without sax from Freddie Greenwell, in loft) begins again 4. sax joins recording 5. cont'd 6. cont'd with sax, tune ends and wieerd tape jumping around sounds.

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