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Note 1: Zoot Simms & Fred Greenwell - Tenor, Ronny Free - drums, Bill Takas - bass, Dave McKenna - piano; Hotdogs mentioned in part of conversation - Zoot and Dave; good music and good recording; It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't got that Swing), Preacher, Deep Purple, Tico Tico, (Blues) (overlaps with reel 15). Crazy Otto record discussed with sarcastic commentary by Brookmeyer. Ray Charles record (I/4) Kitchen in apartment. Bill Evans and Horace Silver discussed. (II) Ends with a delegation headed to a bar.

Note 1: Dave McKenna, Halliday, Zoot Takas? Pepper Adams. Dick Scott on drums. Begins with sped up radio talk and then radio music on CD I and II/1. Music begins on track 3 of CD II. Possible overlap with reels 5 and 6. Repetition of barrelhouse piano refrain by McKenna. Handclaps by Zoot. Background voices during music. Easy Living and Stomping at the Savoy.

Note 1: Begins with Tristan and Isolde by Wagner. Midsong male voice. Then Texaco Metropolitan Opera on WCBS. 2-3pm. 30 degrees at 3pm. RCA Victor ad. Next programming gives way to silence before music on CD II. Male and Female musicians in the loft include Zoot Sims, Pepper Adams, Dave McKenna, Dick Scott on sax,

Note 1: Lee Konitz. Pepper Adams, Freddie Greenwell, Zoot Simms, Ronnie Free. Smith labeled cd not for release due to Konitz's presence(?). Two informal songs with some talking before better played song with talking of non-musicians in background. Some tape garbled at very end.

Note 1: Same night as reels 9 and 11. Could be in the morning hours of 1/26/60. First track good mellow song. Second track begins with piano and then with bass and becomes track three. Track three is a song with with same background room voices as found on reel 9. "(You) got the Parisian group here". CD II begins with a good song featuring drum and sax interchanges, and piano. Then talking and a version of "You'd be so nice to come home to" Canadian bass player mentioned. "John" mentioned. "John, can I have a swallow of that?"

Note 1: Same night as reel 9, 10. Could be in the morning hours of 1/26/60.Well played song with solos, banter from non-players, including female voices. Talking over bass solo. Great saxophone on track 2 by Zoot Sims, Lee Konitz and then Pepper Adams as song fades.

Note 1: At Dave Young's apartment. 1/30/60. Piano: Bob Brookmeyer, Dave McKenna, Bass: Bill Takas, Drums: Ronnie Free, Sax: Freddie Greenwell? Loose songs with dialogue interspersed. "Freddy" mentioned. Coffee mentioned. "John" (toilet mentioned). "All God's Children" Full jazz songs starting on track 6. No non-musician noise as on previous night recordings. Mention of Smith's microphones on track II/2 which are described as resembling a hat rack. Lin (Halliday?) addressed on track 8. Track 9 gets cut off at 2 minute mark.

Note 1: W. Eugene Smith. Zoot Simms, Ronnie Free, Pending (Smith's cat). Sax, drums, piano, trumpet. No bass ("Where's Hal Bigler, get a bass player up here") "Un poco loco" mentioned. Monk tune played. Vaudeville or circus style music on both I/5 and II/2. Several songs attempted and quiet talk. Photographer talk includes mention of Dave Bailey. Track 5 is monumental Smith reading of his monologue The Walk to Paradise Garden. This is a separate recording at the end of the reel.

Note 1: Drums: Ron Free then Roy Haynes; Sax: Zoot Sims; Bass: Eddie Dehaas, (Bill Takas, who leaves during track I/2); I/3 "It had to be you" I/4 lots of musician talk with microphones mentioned. "I never saw so many mics" "After You've Gone" Roy Haynes enters the room during this song and is acknowledged. More talk. Roy Haynes announced at "batterie" (drums) at beginning of II/2 then into "Indian Summer on track II/3. Eddie, Ronnie, Freddie, Joey, David Young (absent) Lars (Bagge?), baseball and Philadelphia all mentioned in conversation. "Avalon" played on II/5. Vanguard mentioned in context of Roy Haynes and Eddie Dehaas on track six. Ends with "In a Mellow Tone".

Note 1: Overlaps with reel 6. This reel has superior sound quality. Lots of good discernable dialogue. I). Includes: hot dog talk, Crazy Otto reference, Horace Silver song talk, barrelhouse style piano flourish by Brookmeyer, "I picked that up from Mose Allison" "Now let's hear a Ray Charles record" II). Includes: Django Reinhardt story. Bass, drums, sax song and then Ray Charles record/song "Hallelujah, I love her so".

Note 1: Overlaps with reel 219. Good dialogue. Bass, trombone: Bob Brookmeyer, drums: Ron Free. Begins bass and trombone, then adds piano and drums at end of track I/1. I/2 dialogue includes: Mike Norris, Basin Street East Dave Brubeck opening band story. Song discussion goes into tune. Dialogue "Dave mentioned" Valve trombonist Eddie Miller mentioned. on II/1 (Friend of Al Levitt's) Talking and playing with drop out for 20 seconds from II/5 4:08=4:28. "3 minutes after 3" (in the morning)

Note 1: "A truly MASS session" Warne Marsh, Zoot Sims, Pepper Adams, Ronnie Free, Peter Ind Brookmeyer, Lin Haliday, Bill Takas Bass, Dick Scott?. Music and talking with one female voice evident. I/4 Something "in the piano". I?5 "Bye Bye Blackbird"

Note 1: Overlaps with reel 17 starting on II/2 ("something in the piano"). At Dave Young's and featuring players from the following group: Warne Marsh, Zoot Sims, Pepper Adams, Ronnie Free, Peter Ind, Bob Brookmeyer, Lin Haliday, Bill Takas Bass, Dick Scott. These players referenced by name or voice: Zoot, Brookmeyer, Halliday, McKenna (Pepper Adams identified by sax sound) I/1and 2 lots of talk "Anybody got any...whiskey?" "You'll have to go upstairs." on I/2 Zoot Sims "play some minor blues with the bridge and then some major blues." I/3 great tune, humming and loud horn interjection. II/1 begins with weird tape sound into cacophonic passages of jazz then talk repeats from overlapping cd. something in piano, tuning joke with glass, "ain't nobody in the world got a cap like that", microphones, spectators on II/4

Note 1: April 25, 1961. Freddie Redd - Tenor, Don Ferrara - trumpet, Al Reese (Neese)-trumpet, Ronnie Free - drums; Technical trouble end of first track and flip side. I is a mix of talking and playing with good dialogue on I/4. I/5 ends before song is over. II/1: good music continuation from other side. 2. several sacophones warming up into song. 3. Important dialogue by Zoot Sims relating to jazz, Birdland, Bob Pile, Jimmy Garrison, John Bunch and Bob (drummer). W. Eugene Smith, Hal, Tony, Oliver, (Pat Scanlon, not there) Great talk about music and New York banter. Meniond of Dave Garraway show taping "tomorrow". Female voice, perhaps Jean Cunningham, pianist. Many voices into piano led group song. More talk and piano discussion (tune and key talk). going back and forth with music and playing on CD I. Moe of the same continued on cdII with interesitng tune on track 3 (2 songs) ends with weird overdub sound. V/1 Features scat sinign with bass "Indiana scat?" "yeah, John""Steve Swallow, the bass player"

Note 1: Trumpets - Eardley, Ferrara, Neese and (?); Saxes - Zoot & Konitz; Piano - Bunic?; Drums - Levitt & (?); Bass - ?. I. 1. trumpet work with talking and clapping amidst song. Bass solo. Well played. II. 1. "All the things you are' 2. tune talk with female voice. 3. cuts off mid song. CD II repeats some of Reel 19.

Note 1: Christmas or more likely New Year Party. Banjo player is Danny Barker. Several tunes by party band after banjo song with bits of dialogue interspersed. 3. Banjo talk 5. Jumping jazz tune 6. Lots of talking. Roswell Rudd id. "Howie" Marlena (song), Perry Cuomo record played? "Jimmy" ...ends with talking continued over "Back Home Again in Indiana"

Note 1: Hall Overton's studio. Musicians include Jimmy Raney, Zoot Sims, 2 piano players (Eddie Costa and Hall Overton), Henry Grimes, Eddie Costa. Trumpet. Bob, Jimmy. CDI 1. Hot blues track with phone ringing at end 2. Bowed bass and talking "cigarette in your mouth" into 3. Lady is a tramp 4. Willow weep for me" ? after short talking. CDII 1. Music 2. Dialogue with someone walking in. 3. You stepped out of a dream" 4. talk ad piano 5. into song "Ray" (could be Jimmy Raney 6. dialogue (quiet) with footsteps "Hey Eddie (Costa) play the good piano"