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Note 1: June 11-12, 1960. Session at Hall Oveton studio. CDI 1. Talk and tune with bass, drum sax, piano and turmpet 2. Jumps to continued riffs and mic in other room (diminished sound) 3. Tune with muffle CDII 1. Tune "Frank" 2. "Same phone I got hung up on" 3. Into tune, with mistakes "I'd like to hear the record." "Yeah, see how he plays the tune." 4. "C'mon Zoot" with riffs and tune. 5. "Wanna play a ballad." with talk "You know that one, Al/Hal?" Tune Talk 6. Riffs and then tune with humming melody and calling changes." CDIII 1. Tune with poor sound quality, good playing 2. Talk and riffing 3. Standard with great sax 4. Tune led by piano. CDIV 1. Tune contined with piano solo and then bowed bass solo. Phone rings 2. Talking and "Bobby" and "Gary" "Paul" Smith: "Now why in the hell didn't we get this damn wire in, this is all muffed up." "it's all my fault, it's all my fault." (Hall Overton and Eugene Smith recording conversation Feddy and Christian??/ And jumps to a childrens show and Smith talking to his cats.

Note 1: April 1960. "Hall" "Ronnie" Singer? CDI 1. Midsong, bass piano drums then tune talk and into new tune 2. Talk "Old Fats Waller, keepin out of mischief now" "Dave" Smith talking. "Double trouble" Where'd Bobby go?" 3. Tune with piano, drums, bass. "Oh, I'm getting tired, those fast tempos really can kill ya'" "they were too fast." 4. Tune, classic sound. and sound room noise CDII 1. quiet with room noise 2. silence 3. silence and then sound distant voices, Smith and woman in loft. "Ted Runge, on his way...his wife." 4. "Joe" door knock and entrance. "Ronnie" Zoot Sims. Monday, but early Monday cause we got a matinee in Philly. "Are you leaving, (Jay?).." "I don't have a horn" 5. "Gene...home of the world's greatest living actor." "You got two books going, Gene?" Joe ...6. Camera talk "It looks like picture of water spots." ... CDIII 1. Footsteps and loft sounds with some talk "Who's your publisher?" Piano and drums start in other room 2. Piano bass drum play and then Smith raisies volume to accomodate then. 3. Talk "Hi-Fi" "How are you, Bob." 5. Bass led tune, ends midsong

Note 1: June 17, 1960. "Hall Overton" Eugene Smith and Carole. CDI 1. Midsong, piano bass drum sax. 2. Riffs, humming melody and direction through tune with bowed bass 3. Talk and tune "Wanna play a ballad?" 4. Ballad. Sax quotes children's song. 5. Humming meloday and calling changes for tune. 6. new tune, syncopated melody CDII 1. Same musicians 2. Riffs and talk " yeah, a week, at the Apollo, back next week" ...3. "You been upstairs to my place" "Oh, yeah..." CDIII 1. Silence and Smith working, some quiet voices. 2. "...isn't there one upstairs." 3. Smith? messy piano noises. Ticking clock then garbled tape. 4. bad sounding tape 5. Smith sings "Minox" Looking for camera. "I got an alarm on that sumbitch" "Gene, do you want this cat there?" Film and talk Carole? "darling" Male voice on the stairs, with steps. 7. Smith talking to visitor and street noise. CDIV 1. Darkroom noise and some talking by Smith "Bill" 2. room noise and buzz 3. Piano by Smith and talk.