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Note 1: "1. Juanita and Gene … 2. Fosdick, wisdom … 3. Satchmo by Lil Armstrong. 4. Smith, Reading from …, letters… 5. Some of N>B>C P….."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith and Juanita with Carmen in house, talking. Joking around about vitamins, food, air raid, and algebra. 2. dropout and cont'd with Juanita reciting, jokes, Lincoln's 2nd innaugural address, and Smith typing at the typewriter. 3. Juanita sings while Smith types. Helping Smith with spelling "rigorously". "antidisestablishmentarianism." 4. Smith writing 'a friendly letter'. critique of Smith's writing by daughter Juanita 5. "Carmen" and preparing baby formula before leaving "for Billy" 6. Carmen leaving "poems so subtle they can't be listened to" (Smith), Juanita reading and editing Smith's text 7. cont'd CDII 1. Smith and Juanita cont'd speaking French. 2. Jumps to NBC, midsong, Classical and Dr. Harry Merson Fosdick, Eugene Esman, at Riverside Church, Beethoven's music. 3. Tibet globalism, world community and religion. anti-war talk and mention of Albert Schweitzer 4. nature of god, book mentioned "The Meaning of Prayer (Fosdick) 5. autobiography: "The Living of These Days" 6. "how to live life, volition and intake/hopitality 7. Beethoven, Einstein, Schweitzer 8. sign-off at end of show, Jumps to Louis Armstrong, King Oliver commentary (on Armstrong) "Satchmo and Me" Biography of Armstrang, plus "St. Louis Blues" 9. more bio and back history. "Livery Stable Blues" 10. cont'd Chicago "Dreamland" Royal Garden, first impressions 11. cont'd Oliver/Armstrong dynamic, Genet records. 12. the courtship, shopping for Louis's clothes CDIII 1. cont'd Louis Armstrong history, money matters and leaving band 2. Fletcher henderson, gig, Vendome Chicago, recording 3. Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives Scatting, session, Los Angeles, "tiger Rag" "The Long High Note story. 4. end of show. Spoken Words WNYC. Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Claude McKay. Hughes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I too sing America" 5. "Long Gone" "Ma Raney" "St Isaacs Church" by Sterling Brown 6. "The Tropics in New York" and talk on being a poet, "not a negro poet." (Jumps to Smith's voice reading poem) "Where we must Die" Smith reading weird poem 7. cnt'd , 8. Smith reading peom and then Labrynthian Walk piece. Jumps to Smith "In public domain is man's right to dream, irrevocable, this. 9. cont'd ;

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