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Note 1: Ronnie Free, drums; Fred Greenwell, sax; Race Newton, piano; Smith wrote "moving session in my place" 2/ 16 and 17/ 1960. 1. Talk and playing. 2. Mic discussion. More talk and playing. 3. talk "Are you Greenwell?" 4.music 5. "Hey Freddie, How's this part go" "Close your eyes" (tune) More playing and working on tunes until end.

Note 1: (overlaps with Reel 46 on tracks 3, 4) Drum and sax. "Gary" (Hawkins, drummer) playing and talking. Dialogue about music. 2. "Boy I sure would like to hear that fuckin' tape man, I'd like to hear myself play" More tape talks. Smith chimes in before take jumps to repeat of 46. 5. is from same session as 46 but new material not on that reel. CDII. Great jam session with poor sound. Evidence of Smith toying with sound. Track 2 is "Stella by Starlight':

Note 1: Hall Overton, piano; Ronnie Free, drums; Gerry Mulligan?, sax, Gerry Segal, Lou Orensteen?, sax, Jimmy Raney, guitar. W. Eugene Smith present on CDII. CDI 1. Piano and music talk. "Jack" beer. 2. playing and working through tune 3. same, with more talk "Gerry/Jerry" 4. "Deep night" 5. talk. references Ornette Coleman and Bartok, loft piano. 6. "In a Sentimental Mood" CDII 1. "speak low" with trumpet and guitar. 2. many horns and solos "Lou" going to 46 East Side. 3. "Jackie , bob Phil Chris" all mentioned. 3. Piano, classical piece . More songs and talk "Ronnie" mentioned on 6.

Note 1: Ronnie Free, Dudley Watson, Don Ferrara. Mostly talking. W. Eugene Smith. Overlaps with Reel 74. Minor talk and pot smoking until repetition from 74 on track 2 at 2:18 "you think I studied all those years with Buddy Rich for nothing?"

Note 1: 3/3/60. Hall Overton, Ronnie Free, Fred Greenwell. CDI. 1. "Caravan" (bad sound right channel) 2., 3. working song out with piano and sax. 4. "St. James Infirmary and quite talk Repeats Reel 77 at track 5. 6. "very bad imitation of Errol Garner" CDII More talking and playing "Hello Gerry/Jerry" and "I don't know where that ending came from"

Note 1: 7/16/1960. Paul Bley, piano; Fred Greenwell, sax; Gary Hawkins, drums; Jimmy Knepper, valve trombone. 1. midsong with police radio interference. 2. "Hey there (tune)" "Ever played 5 o'clock whistle?" 3. "Oleo" 4. After you've gone" All great musical content.

Note 1: 7/16/1960. Paul Bley, piano; Fred Greenwell, sax; Gary Hawkins, drums; Jimmy Knepper, valve trombone.1. Stompin' at the Savoy" 2. "On Green Dolphin Street" 3. "Straight, No Chaser" 4. " It's all right with me" tape ends before song ends.

Note 1: 3/11/60. Hall Overton, Paul Bley, Ronnie Free, Freddie Greenwell. W. Eugene Smith 1. Midsong talking. 2. New song "Cherokee" 3. blues with sax added by Greenwell. 4. "These Foolish Things" 5. "Darn that Dream" "Gene, where are the paper towels?" (overlaps with Reel 52)

Note 1: Freddie Redd, Hal Bigler, Gary Hawkins, Fred Greenwell, Al Neese, Joe Gandi??. CDI 1. midsong. Great playing with voices talking in the back ground. Several saxes during song and riffing after. 2. "Just the way you are" "How about this, Reddy?" Duet sax and piano into song, tape ends before song. CDII 1. continued from other side "Just the way you are" 2. Radio interference to "Lady is a tramp" tune talk 3. "Birdland" 4. More talk and "Bye Bye Blackbird"

Note 1: 5/15/60. Joey Massters, piano; Gary Hawkins, drums; Hal Bigler, bass. W. Eugene Smith sings. Smith wrote "First attempt at long reach from lower place to Dave's." Monk tune played . Standard jams. 4. W. Eugene Smith sings with piano and accordion? Crazy improvisation and a flute or similar instrument joins. 5. Laughter and switching instruments as tape ends. 6. silence and sped up tape (in loft)

Note 1: 5/31-6/1/60. Gary Hawkins, drums; Steve Swallow, bass; Race Newton, piano; Joe Lopes, sax. CDI 1. Swallow, Newton, Lopes all introduced after 2 songs played prior to recording. Long songs and short talk. Mention of "weed", trombone player. CDII Playing and talking. "Gary Stuart" mentioned (Mingus tenor sax player) More songs, including scat singing and "Oleo" CDIII playing and talking. "Gary" "It's open late" "out of drummers...get him in here." mention of "Dave Young" who's not there and Joey Lopes, who is. CDIV. More talking and playing "Stablemates" More than on horn player.

Note 1: 7/8/60. W. Eugene Smith. Joe Farrell, trumpet; Freddy Greenwell, sax; Joey Massters, piano. Gus, Chris, and Kenny, also named. CDI 1. Smith adjusts volume as musicians talk "…I got to get up early and split tomorrow, I gotta leave." More banter and 2. humming the tune for sax, bass, drums, piano. "Marty " mentioned "Gary" mentioned. 3. Blues in b-flat played 4. Chris to long island? Kenny mentioned. Ends with slow ballad. CDII 1. More playing and talking into tune. 2. (Piano) "Got a nice sound but I don't dig the action." "Play one more" "...sun coming in and everything." 3. "Kenny" "Dick" "Jimmy" "Gary" all deciding whether or not to keep playing. Ends with "Gary, has Gene seen this?" with stereo on in background.

Note 1: 5/19-20/60. Lars Bagge, Henry Grimes, bass; Gary Hawkins, drums; Fred Greenwell, sax; Manny Duran, trumpet. 1. midsong "Who could ask for anything more?" 2. good tune 3. (tape dropout) starts midsong "I was on my way to school" (banter) 4. Drawn out tune. Female voice in room. 5. Another tune.

Note 1: 5/25/60. Ed Livingston, drums; Manny Duran, trumpet; Al Neese; Jean Cunningham, piano; Henry Grimes, bass. Jean Cunningham's voice. Smith adjusting recording levels. Tune talk. Good playing Possibly Al Neese at session. CDII 3. Monk tune.

Note 1: 9/21/60 Lin Halliday, sax; Lou Orensteen, sax; Warren Fitzgerald, trumpet, Ronnie Free, drums; Hal Bigler, bass; Songs: Valse Hot, Autumn Leaves, Pent Up House. CDII features jazz guitar "very good gentlemen, very good indeed, and indeed it was very good" Radio in background. "Lou" different session or a different time that night?

Note 1: 9/21/60. Lin Halliday, sax; Lou Orensteen, sax; Warren Fitzgerald, trumpet, Ronnie Free, drums; Hal Bigler, bass. CDI. 1. " I sure as hell can't find Warren..How you doin' Hal?" "OK, you Lou?" "where's all the drummers?" 2. Sax and piano into full group song with trumpet. " Billy Strayhorn mentioned as is Sonny Rollins. "Hey Lou Orensteen, I think I seen you with Sonny Dallas, you got a tune?" Female voice responds with a name? 3. Song starts. Good playing. CDII 1. silence 2. sax starts tune, less together.

Note 1: 9/21/1960 Lin Halliday, sax; Lou Orensteen, sax; Warren Fitzgerald, trumpet, Ronnie Free, drums; Hal Bigler, bass. 1. Radio song, female voice "I wanna be thrilled" interrupted by 2. Midsong: Trumpet, drum, guitar, sax, bass. 3. Same song with volume change after dropout 4. Bass and trumpet with talking. "Ronnie?" "You know Jimmy" "...way to get in touch with him?" "You could get in touch with Sonny" "Too late, somebody else" "Somewhere Over The Rainbow's all it is" 5. (Sonny Rollins tune) 6. drums start song then group, cuts out midsong 7. Back to (same) radio song then repetition of tracks 2 and 3 on 8 and 9.

Note 1: September 21, 1960. Radio broadcast midsong "Ornette Coleman along with Don cherry, Charlie Haden, and Billy Higgins on drums." Billy Whitfield, guest radio host. Then Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross "Everybody's Boppin'" , cuts to John Coltrane, Donald Byrd, Red Garland.