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Note 1: December 1959 or January 1960. Steve Lacy, sax; guitar, bass, drum, piano. Bill? Zoot Sims? CDI 1. Midsong. Great sax, with bass drum piano. "What'd you stop for?" "You changed the territory." "I Got Rhythm" "Bill" 2. Good tune and talk "Steve Lacy" and quiet talk. 3. Song with "You don't' take a break for a couple of minutes" "C'mon, take a break at least, get myself together 'cause I still wanna play." 4. Saxophone exercises and talk "beautiful singer...I don't know she sounded pretty though." "make your own patterns by just tuning the picture out." "...got another tune to do." song fades on tape as it begins. CDII 1. song obscured by tape condition 2. midtrack song Piano, bass, drum sax, guitar. then "Oh yes, I'm gonna go home again." " Avalon, you know Avalon? You know that?" "Anybody get some coffee?" 3,4,5, more songs and talk. Sound of cork popping.

Note 1: Trumpet, piano, bass, drums, saxes. CDI 1. Sped up talk into midsong. Talking about next song. Humming melody of next tune. 2. Tune, good playing. Same tune talk about: 3. Drum leads into another good tune with trumpet solo. "Gerry" or "Jerry" addressed. "It could happen to you" 4. Group plays tune together, with several horns. Tape ends before song. CDII 1. More playing with lots of background voices. Good music and piano. "Autumn Leaves" 2. Gentler tune, ends with applause 3. Many instruments warm up into tune. Trails off before song gets going.

Note 1: Warren Fitzgerald, Manny Duran, trumpet; Henry Grimes, bass; Gary Hawkins, drums; Freddy Greenwell, sax.

Note 1: Summer 1959. Joey Massters and Buddy Blacklock on piano. Gary Hawkins on drums. CDI. 1. Lots of dialogue. Names mentioned (there): Joe, Chuck, Gary, Ed.Names mentioned, (not there): Manny?, Sonny?, Dave Young, Buddy Berlin (Albequerque), Gene Galloway (gig), Sal Salvador (gig) . W. Eugene Smith voice and evidence of changing sound levels on recorder. End of session talk about next session, gigs past present and future. 2. song with bass drums piano. 3. Bass, piano, and drums join 4. Monk tune? 5. Talk: "fatigued" "Pell Mell, why, because they're mild" "get the tape going" "What's the next one, Henry?" "There you go, get your picture took" 6. Song 7. Piano: "squeaky pedal" Pianist working through tune and talking. "Old Joe from where?" "One little twister there straightened me out" "just a pictoral one" (Smith) "Can we have a little bit of that, Gene?" CDII 1. Dave McKenna at piano. Classical and spare with barrelhouse blue flourish. Joined by second pianist and other voice "Shit, hey don't lose that." 2. More barrelhouse piano in response to comment 2 Pianos playing and discussing. "tape's rolling" "beer?" W. Eugene Smith talking during "St. James Infirmary" and "China Boy" 3. Piano plays until tape end.

Note 1: August 1961. Lin Halliday, sax; Warren Fitzgerald, trumpet; Manny Duran, trumpet; others. CDI 1. Midsong with several solos. Long song. "Let's play some tunes, like, uh, more conducive to relaxing." "get together and just swing" Working out tune. 2. Snapping out rhythm into tune. Trombone in mix. "If __ wants to come play..." CDII (W. Eugene Smith adjusting recording volume for conversation) 1. "Straight street" "Don't remind Halliday of that one, man." "Anybody got a rag, look what you did man." "Kids, now" (Jimmy spilled something on the piano) "Fred" "Warren" 2. "Manny" "Warren" More music talk and talk about how the piano keys are sticky because Jimmy spilled something on them. Rag, Hall or Paul, Lin. " No, I just wanted to change something on the scores real quick." More talking until 3. Tune.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis group rehearsal. W. Eugene Smith adjusting volume on recorder. Names of participants include: Don, John, Barre Phillips?, Martin Eagle, Frank, Dave, Mike, Female singer. 1. Long discussion of music, jazz, improvisation. Rehearsal and composition. Phone rings for Jimmy in the other room. Stair step noises. 2. Further discussion. "like Monk" Rehearsing parts and with full band. Shows discussed. Multiple contributors to compositions. 4. Song followed by Don Ellis and others talking's about specific tunes.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis group rehearsal. (For Speakeasy (club) show across from Village Gate) W. Eugene Smith adjusting volume on final track. Names mentioned include Don, Doug, Jimmy, Frank, Joe, Ray, Paul, Dave, Fred, Tom, Female voice. 1. Counting and talking under song, midsong. Discussion and 2 . Repetition of song. 3. More rehearsal followed by discussion. 4. Same with "Jimmy, do you think we could get in around 8 o'clock to get his drums, or will it be closed up?" Jimmy: "If you take it now it'd be better because I still have to make tonight." 5. Use of piano for discussion purposes. (Pregnancy talk from previous track continues: Yoga, Lamaz, Midwife) People leaving the rehearsal evident "Just got back from Paris" Don and others talking about music and continuing with piano as tape runs out.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis, W. Eugene Smith (voice), Jimmy Stevenson, loft cats. Other names mentioned include: Ken, Lisa (singer), Garnett (oboe or clarinet), Joe (Farrell, his composition), Doug, John, Ken) CDI Tacks 1 and 2 have poor sound. Rehearsing music with police scanner pickup, cat sounds. 3. Volume and clarity are fixed (by Smith?) on track 3. 3. Discussion regarding score. Oboe mentioned and Lisa is addressed. 4. Tune 5. "Discussion 6. Tune 7. Discussion of actual playing, rehearsal style. Tunes: "Mt. Olive" "Grapeshot"

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis rehearsal. Don Ellis, (W. Eugene Smith in room with Al Most, his cat), Lisa, Jim, Don, Joe, Garrett, Warren, Ken/Tim, John, Jimmy Stevenson, Stan, Barre Phillips. Mentioned in conversation: The Speakeasy (opposite the Village Gate), Ron, Miles, Lee Davis (artist), Ed Shaughnessy, Ronnie Bedford, Pee Wee Russell, WNCN . CDI 1 Song rehearsed. 2. Improvisational experiment/exercise description. 3. Executing #2's idea 4. "OK, just before you guys came in we did a free thing that was pretty wild..." 5. Repetition of "free thing" 6. Discussing Speakeasy gig across from the Village Gate. Riffing over voices: piano, oboe, flute. CDII 1. police radio (pageboy) with street and loft cat sounds. Stops just after footsteps sound (approaching recorder?) 2. Restarted recording. Kid's or woman singing in background.

Note 1: April (23rd). CDI Talk radio broadcast: O'Leary, Detroit, C. William Hall question. Cuban story at 11:00 Mr. Kepler. Gene Smith's …I'll never buy Pittsburgh:, layout, photography. CDII Jazz recorded from radio: 1. Joe Williams with Count Basie, "Amazing Love" 2. Monk "Friday the 13th" piano and big band followed by applause 3. Round Midnight, Eddie Andrew 4. Radio piano with vibes 5. Billie Holliday, "Foggy Day in Londontowne" 6. Miles Davis "It ain't necessarily so" 7. Mingus and talking 8. the blues walked in 9. Peter Gunn 11. Ella? 12. Instrumental

Note 1: May or June, 1964? Or late 1963? Hall Overton, Thelonious Monk, Phil (Woods), Steve (Lacy), Stan, Starts with rehearsal and ends with casual conversation by all in loft. Phone rings on track 6. Alan Lomax discussion. Porpoises and human talk. Sax and piano riff in background.

Note 1: WCBS Television drama, Shakespeare Anthony and Cleopatra. Thelonious Monk Quartet with Hall Overton at the New School. Band. Charlie Rouse, tenor sax; Butch Warren, bass; Frankie Dunlap, drums. CDI begins with drumming section of Anthony and Cleopatra. CDII Play continues until audience applause and WCBS-TV announcement made. Perry Mason to return the next Thursday at regular time. The Nurses next on channel two. Then The Nurses show begins just before tape ends. CDIII Anthony and Cleopatra end of Act I, station ID, beginning of Act II. CDIV Thelonious Monk TV presentation on Channel 13. Baldwin, MLK, Malcolm X presentation "role of the Negro in American" Then Art of the Film.

Note 1: Hall Overton leading Thelonious Monk big band rehearsal. 1. "Monk, you wanna play along with 'em on this one?" "Four and one" (Tune) Piano with band. 2. "Monk's Mood" "Monk plays a full chorus" 3. Full band on tune with quiet comment at end.

Note 1: Thelonious Monk big band rehearsing. Monk, Charlie, Phil, Overton. Very audible Monk footsteps, pacing. "Little Rootie Tootie" Monk talking over music, practice led by Overton. Monk on 2: "Just come in any way you want, you dig?" and "Don't forget to take your music home, 'stan?" (followed by laughter)

Note 1: June 4, 1964. Thelonious Monk big band rehearsing in loft. CDI 1. Town Hall comment. Full band rehearsing song. W. Eugene Smith adjusting levels. Phone rings. Monk enters and toothpick talk and joking. Rehearsal and banter continues on 2 and 3. CDII 1. "Who wants coffee?" 2. Full band playing. Tape sound improves on this track.

Note 1: Hall Overton with Monk big band, Thelonious Monk. Thad Jones referenced. 1. Full band with Overton and Monk directing: "…that's what you want, right Monk?" "these arae the only two rehearsals we're gonna have" -Overton. Phone rings. Monk's feet. Monk jokes "...does that make it easier for you, Thad?"

Note 1: June 4, 1964. Thelonious Monk big band rehearsing in loft. Monk, Hall Overton, Thad Jones. "Little Rootie Tootie" (tune) 1. Full band practicing. Monk entering, Hall Overton leading rehearsal: "Everybody hold the last note, fade out, that's what you want, right Monk?"...Monk " Sound like that thing on the comic book...know what I'm talking about?" (imitates sound) Overton "These are the only two rehearsals we're gonna have...working on basically three scores...last time Monk did all the playing." Monk and Overton directing rehearsal. Monk joke: "Does that make it easier for you, Thad?" tape ends just before they "take it from the top."

Note 1: June 6 or 10, 1964. Thelonious Monk big band in loft. Jules Colomby, Hall Overton, Monk, W. Eugene Smith, James "Spanky" Debrest (Gwendolyn Debrest), Ben Riley, others. CDI 1. Musicians arriving and talking, Hall Overton's voice mention of Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center. Cats, "ten 'til two", rain. "See you Monk, tonight at seven." James Debrest calling his wife. "Jules going up to Carnegie Hall, now." 2. Spanky Debrest. Eugene Smith. "Did Eugene get recordings of this morning?,...I'd like to hear those, too." Hall Overton gets phone call. "...actually it went very well, Monk seems to be in good spirits..." 3. Cold switch to radio or TV sped up. CDII 1. Sonny Bernstein rehearsal. Sean Adams. Channel 7 call in show.

Note 1: Thelonious Monk, Hall Overton, (White Rose Bar), Spanky Debrest. Mentioned: Martin (Williams the writer?), Lalo Schifrin, Jack (radio?), Ed Weinstock, White Rose, Tracey or (Steve) Lacey, White Rose Bar. 1. whole band rehearsing midsong 2. End of rehearsal, final rehearsal. Talk of White Rose, and Lalo Schiffrin, cigarettes, King Cole, Jack DJ, Ed Weinstock, Saturday morning at 10, Martin leaves phone rings, more piano and sax.