Reel 0172, 1964 February 06-07

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Note 1: February 6-7, 1964. Jimmy Stevenson, bass. CDI 1. Midsong, piano, bass. 2. Quiet phone conversation 3. bass riffing, drops out to silence. 4. Kithen, bass noise, footsteps, someone hits key on piano. 5. Piano riffs, working through tune. Footsteps. 6. silence and piano riffs 7. same 8 Pone rings and Jimmy answers. Door close and departing footsteps. CDII 1. quiet conversation away from mic, Break in souond. 2. Radio show. Long John Nebel. W. Eugene Smith telegram: On Loft Photography. Story of Smith's previous $43 telegram. Vietnam war talk. LJN signing off. 3. Loft sounds: piano bass drums 4. quiet talk. Jay Cameron and Frank mentioned (not there). Gig and tune talk. 5. Into song, piano bass, drum. Tape ends before song. CDIII 1. Midsong. bass drums piano sax. Oleo. with flute this time. 2. Tune talk and getting high talk. 3. Tune, piano bass drums, flute and later sax. Mention of Miles Davis tune, March 19, 1964. Jimmy Stevenson, bass; sax; singer; piano. CDI 1. Piano and unamplified singer (right channel only). 2. Same (both channels) Talk "You have no water in here? I don't believe this." 3. Talk: Jimmy driving him home for dinner. "Harry" "The hamburgers" 4. Piano and horn "Pete" "blues in F" ?Zoot" doors, downstairs (Dante??) more talk and possible identifications. 5. Tune and talk: "Still stoned?" "Blasted" 6. "You play a lot of 4ths, harmonic things." "Birdland is closed, for the week." "You want to play the alto for awhile?" 7. Classical music talk. Mouthpiece talk for sax. (Bad reed, like swinging two bats. [Baseball]) 8. More reed talk and bass/alto, piano playing. CDIII 1. midsong cont'd and more mouthpiece talk. 2. riffs and playing 3. More talk, "Jimmy didn't give me any weed." blue..." CDIV 1. Same quartet with flute first, then sax (could be five musicians) 2. "Is it getting too warm in here?" quiet talk 3. Tune and talk. Break" "John, you're getting better" Warren/Warne. "I can't, I'm rehearsing with /Cosmo/"

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