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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.

Note 1: 1959. Thelonious Monk, Hall Overton, W. Eugene Smith, Carole Thomas, Lou (Draper?), CDI 1. Monk plays piano. Overton and Monk arranging and transcribing. 2. Same 3. Arranging 4. Playing tune for arranging 5. "Joe" Lots of dialogue. Arranging. Discussion of which tunes to arrange and rehearsal. "We got enough to start, three arrangements." "One song at a time" "One a day" "I think we accomplished something tonight." "Saturday I teach all day but Saturday evening..." (If we do just one tune a day...)

Note 1: CDI. 1. Monk's music played on sax and piano with background voices. Hallway mic picks up clamoring of footsteps. Smith and cat talking. Knock on door. Keys heard upstairs and footsteps back down. More hallway noise and talking "Back up to Hall Overton's with all this shit?" More footsteps of people leaving. CDII Continued hallway noise. Footsteps, piano, and radio in background. Beach Boys, Irma Thomas, Elis Presley, footsteps going up to radio room. CDIII Sped up radio includes Ansel Adams on "The Photographic Image," opera. CDIV Opera continued. "The Black Ships (Kurofune) by Yamada on WBAI-NYC with Tokyo symphony orchestra and Novi.

Note 1: December 15, 1963. "No Monk" "Band subs" Rehearsal for Thelonious Monk big band by Hall Overton. Orchestra subs suggests the band was playing for Overton's arranging. CDI 1. Hall Overton . Mic in hallway picks up Eugene Smith's voice an footsteps. Rehearsing band. 2. Hall Overton leads band through passages. Repetition. 3. People in hallway and Overton leading rehearsal. 4. Smith on stairs talking Female voice. talking about "Steve" and "Rob" Kleenex mentioned., Phone "Hello Lynn/Lin" "Joe will know and he'll let you know." CDII 1. continued big band direction and tuning led by Overton 2. "before we get all completely ragged out the concert is next Monday a week from today. Rehearsal talk and scheduling. 3. More rehearsal, phrase by phrase.

Note 1: December 23, 1963. Hall Overton, Thelonious Monk, Nick (Travis), Eddie (Bert), Rest of Big band?. CDI 1. Overton leads rehearsal. Repetitions of passages. 2. "Nick" and "Eddie" working on specific passage. Thelonious Monk arrives: "It took me an hour and a half to get here" "You got the chorus?" (solo record) . Continued rehearsal. 3. Concert tempo, then taking score from "L". Monk's foot audible. Smith audible. More repetitions (from "J") 4. Continued rehearsal of specific passages CDII 1.

Note 1: January 5, 1962. W. Eugene Smith, Freddy Redd, Hall (and Nancy?) Overton, Tom, Lou, Jimmy, Ronnie, Paul, Pending (cat), Brunehilda (cat) CDI 1. Smith and other. "That's what you like about me, right Lou?" "Nancy's coat" 2. "Oh, I'm supposed to go to Tennessee on Friday." $1,500 from Tennessee, asks for $500. "I was taking pictures of Thelonious" Official photographer, Monk at piano mentioned. "Never get a divorce, just live indifferently." (talking to Freddy Redd) "I like to walk in the fog and the rain...Usually when I'm in a strange city I spend the whole night just walking around." Smith story about making a recording of Hall Overton playing Monk's "Friday the 13th" with Ronnie Free and Fred Greenwell when his cat walks through and Greenwell stops and switches the song to "As Time Goes By" Refers again to cats and the tape recorder(s). 3. Kitten or cat book by Smith alluded to as potention project. "Dave's cat...went off across the rooftops when I couldn't feed her." Cat story. Then photography layout talk by W. Eugene. Giving away prints. Pills. Women, war photography. Radio turned on. Pending addressed. CDII Important W. Eugene Smith extended rave to Freddy Redd, different tape sound 2. Back to regular tape sound. Pending talk. "Portable tape recorder for Japan trip, in portable attache case." Comparing cat in heat to himself in the Pacific, WWII. 3. Room noises. Smith footsteps, and addressing Pending.

Note 1: January 4, 1964. Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Jay Cameron, Edgar Bateman, Eddie Dehaas. Jimmy's apartment. Other names mentioned. CDI 1. Musicians talking. Roland Kirk's club talk. Mention of Booker Ervin, Don Cherry, WTFM, travel to London, Paris, LA, "Jimmy's fiddle" "Hugh" and listed musicians by first name. Then sax and piano warm up. Music talk. Bob James mentioned as good pianist. "here, take my book" 2. Tune Saxes, bass, drums. 3. Same with great sax passages (again, but less spare) 4. Monk song played but sound drops out at end of tape before song ends. CDII 1. Drum solo midsong to end. 2. Sax bass drum 3. sax leads song Roland Kirk trademark circular breathing "Paul asked to play piano and finally joins in at end of song. . Roland Kirk describing the passage up into the loft "We'll wait until after the session to hit you, Roland."

Note 1: Piano, bass, drum, (at least) 2 saxophone players. Eddie Listengart, W. Eugene Smith adjusts controls. Two microphones 1. Gary (Hawkins), Sonny Clark still at 11th Street. "How long you live there?" "Let's see, about a year, I guess. Where's Sonny living now?" …"Oh yeah, I know the tune you're talking about, 'Minority' let's do that." 2 . Tune 'Minority' Solid playing bass player singings during solo. Solid. Tape ends before song. CDII 1. Conversation about drugs. Eddie getting out of military service by drinking cough syrup and beer. Sax riffing intermittantly. 2. More talk Smith raising volume again. "So you gonna take all your horns with you. " Two trips. Stairway mic picks up stair and street noise. Woman's voice. 3. Mention of Elvin Jones. "Comon Hank, let's go" "He's playing a tune, man." Smith mentioned. Woman "He's downstairs." Important microphone and tape recorder discussion. Mention by Smith of Notre Dame in mic discussion. Camera referenced. "Plastic surgery" discussed on the radio. Mention of getting some sleep. Photo talk ("You got that spotting stuff?") Smith? humming and playing piano.

Note 1: January, 1964. Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Jay Cameron, Jimmy Stevenson. Edgar Bateman, Eddie Dehaas. CD I 1. Tune in progress. To Kirk after: "Is that something new, that slide?" 2. "Hey, you seen a green cap down there?" Kirk warming up on saxophones. "Eddie Dehaas, Edgar Bateman." Calling musicians to play. 3. Tune played, every good. Ends with long Kirk note on sax. 4. Sax riffs, quiet conversation. Into tune. Tape ends before song does. CDII 1. In middle of drum solo to song end. 2. Talking and playing. With piano this time, Paul Bley. Tune talk with Bley and Kirk 3. Dual saxes into tune with great playing. Tape ends before song.

Note 1: January, 1964. Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Jay Cameron, Jimmy Stevenson. Edgar Bateman, Eddie Dehaas. CD I 1. Kirk and Bley warming up. Into tune. 2. Bass solo as part of same song then all instruments 3. New tune with piano and talking CDII 1. Quickly into Kirk playing multiple saxophones 2. Same song as one but tracked at whistling sounds made by Kirk. Ends with quiet talk. 3. Song continues. Ends with talking" You folks don't drive..." "No, we walk" into ballad, "Sweet and lovely" that is cut off by end of tape.