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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."

Note 1: January 11, 1960. Gene Smith Session. Joe Masters - piano solo, Bill -bass, Ron Free - drums (good tune); Fred G. Ron F, Zoot S, J Masters, B Tackus; John Mast. CDI 1. Midsong: Piano, bass, drums with sax solo. "You played a tag on the last chorus, didn't you?" 2. Ballad with 2 saxes. "sticks, sticks" Coffee. "Johnny" Mics. 3. tune with piano and sax, cymbals. 4. Ballad, "is that the way the bridge goes?..." more talk. 5. Footsteps to piano and solo piano. "Dave" and "David, drum for a..." Tune with full group, includes bass. CDII 1. "This is a fine piano." Piano and singing. Talk 2. drums riff into tune. "What was that one that Zoot started to sing. 'exactly like you' you'll recognize it." 3. Tune, "Exactly like you" 4. Talk "I noticed that you changed your sticks." "imitation of Jonathan Winter's record. John Cage." Overlap with anohter Reel. 5. Tune psbd, tape ends before song. CDIV 1. Loft piano fragment, very short 2. Radio music 3. 1929 Piece Ellington 4. Tiger rag, Jenkins on trumpet 5. Talk 6. Tiger Rag, Part 2 (1929) commentary and swing. 7. 1934 Fletcher Henderson "Wrappin it Up" 8. Tune 9. Ellington's "Clementine" with Blanton 10. "Jack the Bear" "nat Hentoff and myslef" 11. Silence Religious content on radio "12. Devil and Daniel Webster (starts on 11) Hamlet interview with actor named John.

Note 1: November 23, 1959. Session. "Eardley, Scott, Brookmeyer, Zoot, Mast, Potts, Takas, Geller (alto)" Other musicians. Photo assistant, Gene Smith, Carole Thomas. 1. Midsong, lots of players 2. Talk and riffs, "I'm working the Macy's Parade…King Cole" "old 4 eyes" ... 3. riffs and tune 4. Riffs Smith and assistant talking photo layout Roleifexes stolen Woman, Joseph Albers [taught Carole]. Photo discussion" 5. Cuts into song, improvised sax, piano and then with drums 6. "Zoot and others. Tune talk.