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Note 1: "Blank. Parts is recording of JFK's funeral broadcast on radio. Music on other channel."; Note 2: CDI 1. Radio commentary about assasination and historical American violence 2. cont'd referencing JFK funeral and political issues. WCBS TV Channel 2 .3. Jumps to loft: Carole and Smith with TV in background. 4. cont'd with funeral of JFK in background 5. funeral of JFK coverage on loft TV/WCBS -13. CDII 1. JFK funeral on CBS cont'd 2. announcer commentary 3. procession 4. "Bill Leonard" newscaster 5. horses and drums, riderless black horse 6. spectators 7. Pennsylvania Avenue 8. Charley Von Fried, announcer, Treasury bldg. 9. cont'd bells, narration 10. heads of state led by Jacqueline Kennedy, Black Watch bagpipe music, 11. cont'd 12. cont'd with bells and announced by Dave Dugan at Connecticutt Ave and St. Matthew's . Description of attendees 13. cont'd with commentary CDIII 1. cont'd JFK coverage, Cardinal Cushing Archbishop of Boston at St Matthew's 2. male singer Requiem 3. service -14. CDIV cont'd coverage of JFK funeral on CBS with good footage on 3 and 10 and Roger Mudd on track 6. CDV 1. cont'd JFK coverage, Arlington 13. back to post burial at White House CDVI 1. cont'd arrivals at White House 2 .back to regular programming, ads for shows 3. ads 4. news and ads 5. Byzantine art show from NYU Outlines of the History of Art -10. CDVII 1. "the Testament of Freedom" by David Myers, through 6. Randall Thompson NBC pilitocal theatre and NBC news about JFK -9. Jumps to WNYC FM classical, Rachmaninov #1 in D Minor -13. CD VIII 1. classical music cont'd. Rachmaninoff 2. cont'd 3 cont'd 4. cont'd 5. Psalm 14 Benadetta Marello . Late News, Kennedy and President Johnson 6. News of funeral, , back to Milan Orchestra Psalm 15 7. cont'd with channel changing, JFK coverage 8. caller and LJN on WOR 98.7 FM Kai Dee; Dr Richard Hoffman on Lee Oswald 9. cont'd, cacelled last week for JFK, Nov 27. Reads "To a Fallen President" Alfred Duckett, Ruth Biggs 10 cont'd talk, Dr. Robert Hoffman 11. Oswald analysis 12. cont'd talk and a telegram 13. telegrams cont'd CDIX 1. LJN cont'd December 1962 Texas talk 2. con'td on other subjects pertaining to JFK telgrams and discussion -7. 8. clairavoyant Jess Stone discussed in terms of predicting assassination 12. astrology until end on 14. on LJN show. CDX 1. LJN ESP, Hypnosis and refererence to Oswald and the Manchurian Candidate story. 2. cont'd with callers-9. WOR call letters and nature of show discussed 10. cont'd with astrology talk 11. cont'd 12. cont'd 13 cont'd with caller CDXI 1. LJN cont'd 2 .5 A.M. Sunrise Serendade with Dan McCullough and National anthem 3 weater and news. 4. "In Old New York" Roger Wagner chorale and WOR JFK coverage and sports 5. daily prayer 6. Bible reading 7. Produce Market Prices and radio weather 8. Music and talk 9. Rambling with Gambling show 10. News and weather with music 11. cont'd with ads and Army Navy Game ad Dodge Rambler. 12. Summertime by chorus and weather 13. Tru Coat ad Ritz thrift Shop 14. cont'd ad CDXII 1. 6AM classical music 2. weather and JFK talk and news 3. Sam Levinson ad for Eastern Airlines, Castro, and Rockefeller's 30 days of mourning 4. JFK talk and news. Ad: Whitey Ford for Ford 5. News and General Tires ad 6. weather, sports, easy listening music 7. Red Mitchell ad for United Airlines and "Home home on the range" tune 8. Japanese coverage of JFK and other coverage 9. Ad Immigrant Savings and Chock Full o'Nuts coffee. April in Paris, tune. 10. And November 23rd Birthdays. Ad: Golden Mix Pancakes 11.Montclaire cigareette ad, weather , Robert Hall Ad weather and "Memories" tune 12. cont'd tune and PSA and news 13 cont'd with tune "All through the night" , LDO oil Ad and announcments. ;

Note 1: "Tommy Johns and his Friend Breaking a fast play at the tape machine."; Note 2: CDI 1. A friend (George or Henry) and Tommy Jons in loft. Discussion sound effects for recorder. Impersonations and silly talking with corvette car impersonated via vocal sound effect 2. cont'd car impersonations and talk 3. "george" mentioned and more car sounds and loft talk "821 Sixth Avenue, 2nd floor" building details mentioned. 4. Cont'd with camera mentioned and Smith (not there) "Henry" camera talk and discussion 6. cont'd with photography and film talk. piano riffs, non musician. Vocal car impressions 7. cont'd car talk and impressions "Half a bottle upstairs" Sam Parkins arrives in loft 8. Piano riffs and Dutch piano player discusssed. Loft piano and Dick Cary discussed. Nico Bunick and Buddy Blacklock in loft discussed. Zoot Sims and Boston and other music talk 9. Parkins leaves and Tommy Jons continues to talk with friend. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. Loft talk about Roy Haynes. "Hey Monk, how long you gonna be there?" "4 more (?)" Lin Halliday friends in loft discussed 2. more talk and radio in background "Symphony Sid Show" at 5AM 3. Mainly radio 4. cont'd with Roy McCurdy discussed and more loft talk 5. "Henry Collins is here, he just stopped by." CDII 1. discussion of musicians, Jean Cunningham mentioned, "Susan" and "Nancy Parkson" also. Mention of "Manny" and "Jan" 2. cont'd talk, piano riffs, Smith's voice 3. Smith sings off mic 4. Smith talking to himself (or mics) 5. ambient cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd with some feedback CDIII 1. ambient loft sound 2. cont'd with street ambient and putter in loft 3. cont'd 4. cont'd with Smith "They'e knocking at my door" 5. Carole and Smith off mic, Phone rings. 6. cont'd ambient 7. cont'd with piano riffs 8. cont'd 9. cont'd with some talk, phone, and Carole Thomas's voice 10. cont'd piano and "Eugene" 11. cont'd with piano strings (guts) and drums. 12. cont'd , with Smith singing. CDIV 1. cont'd rom CDIII piano guts, talk, Smith 2. cont'd with singing and talking 3. singing and putter, 4. talk 5. cont'd Smith/Carole 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd CDV 1. Smith and male discussing something off mic. Smith: "Want some pineapple juice?" 2. cont'd with Smith humming and singing off mic. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. Pageboy, loft, street noise. Smith talking off mic 2. cont'd closer to mic. Female voice and Smith, mention of Esformes 3. cont'd loft movement 4. knocking "James" and stair steps 5. footsteps and talk in loft "Gene " 6. stairsteps 7. Smith talking, and Smith talk with Carole 8. Piano riffs off mic and talk by Smith 9. stairsteps "Happy New Year!" and bass riffs 10. cont'd into tune with bass, drums, piano, drums. talk, riffs, and 12. tune talk CDII 1. talk off mic. then Smith enters, talk with Overton about hiring a neighborhood guy to do some work in the loft ** 2. female voice and Japan talk 3. loud knock and talk 4. ***Smith, Overton, Jimmy Stevenson talking , mention of Dick Cary 5. cont'd with less talk 6. cont'd with piano tune, solo 7. talk with Smith off mic. CDIII 1. cont'd piano, sax riffs, kids talking knock 2. Smith's voice and others 3. new vox on stairs, riffs, and "Frank" (not there) 4. flute riffs, phone call, sax riffs after flute stops 5. cont'd with sax and activity. Piano joins riffs. 6. phone and steps on stairs 7. "John" and other talk 8. distorted tape 9. piano bass, drums, sax tune, knocking and Smith's voice during. CDIV 1. cont'd content. Riffs, voices, tune. Piano, bass, drums, sax(es) trumpet 2. riffs and talk 3. tune with good playing by saxophone (ends midsong, drum fours) CDV (buzz, Pageboy, static) 1. Talk off mic, Smith and Carole 2. cont'd 3. stairsteps, Smith's voice 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6 .cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd -11. CDVI 1-8 cont'd ambient CDVII 1. Pageboy, "This is Channel 7" (TV) and loft ambient and movement 2. female voice "it was cold" 3. talk:"diaphonic breathing, works for everything" 4. cont'd ambient 4. drum riffs 6. cont'd 7. cont'd with sax riffs and talk off mic 8. cont'd 9. cont'd 10. cont'd with "tell Manny" 11. cont'd with buzz/ambient CDVIII 1. cont'd stairsteps 2. door putter clatter 3. cont'd 4. some radio pickup 5. cont'd 5. cont'd sax solo audible 7. trumpet solo audible then sax 8. cont'd with vox and stair steps off mic. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. some buzz/static at beginning. Street noise, loft movement 2. cont'd 3. cont' 4. voicies in loft, carole, others 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. conversation 8. Lin H. "Couldn't find anything" "Bobby" and "Ruth" mentioned 9. talk, fire engine ambient, phone and "Smith talks to Carole" Bobby in loft 11. More quiet talk and radio ambient 12 talk and "Pittsburgh..." mention. CDII 1. cont'd, loft putter, radio pickup, (Pageboy) Smith talking and woman singing off mic. stair noise and more than one conversation 2. con'td iwht Carole's voice 3. precussion and discussion 4. cont'd discussion 5. cont'd Smith on stairs 7. cont'd 8. cont'd with "Lou try printing one, just much darker" 9-12 cont'd ambient, some low talk. CDIII 1. cont'd loft, radio Pageboy, putter Smith singing off mic. baseball on radio 2. vibraphone jazz on radio and female voice in right channel of loft mics. 3. "I had my Scotch in there!" (Smith 4. banter off mic 5. piano and vibes 6. cont'd Smith talks with Carole 7. cont'd 8. cont'd CDIV 1. Smith talking, loud radio, others in loft 2. sax riffs and off mic talk 3. Lin and Al and Gin in room, riffs and names 4. con'td sax/piano riffs, Channel 2 New York Ad and "The Case of the Stuttering Midget" (?) Perry Mason on TV 5. cont'd with riffs and Perry Mason (original air date March 14, 1959) 6. cont'd with phone ring 7. cont'd loft ambient with TV 8. cont'd 9. cont'd with sax riffs 10. cont'd, Perry Mason ends and Ice Capades and Ex-Lax ads. CDV 1. cont'd sax riffs, Perry Mason on TV 2. stairsteps and Gene talks with Lucy, several voices under TV Ad "long lasting relief' 3. cont'd Jimmy/Jenny and "Gene" 4. piano joins sax riffs, second media source TV/Radio 5. cont'd with sax piano tune 6. cont'd riffs and tune 7. cont'd talk and foot steps 8. cont'd 9. 2 saxes riff, tune and 10. cont'd with feet on stairs, alto and tenor sax 11. piano and sax riffs CDVI 1. ambient loft and street noise, talk off mic and putter. piano riffs and radio 2. Smith's voice, Lin H.'s voice "Freddie" and "Jack". Smith: "Hey Al" 3. cont'd with sax riffs and Smith talk and "Hey Lin?" 4. sax and piano riffs, talk and 5. cont'd, melodic riffs 6. cont'd 7. cont'd with piano and sax 8. cont'd 9. cont'd piano blue riffs then sax only 10. cont'd with street fire engine, riffs, stop. Footsteps. 11. piano riffs, 12 . cont'd with sax CDVII 1. piano and sax riffs , humming tune 2. piano, sax, talk 3. (Smith ups vol) talk and riffs, new arrival 4. talk and riffs, woman's voice, Jane 2. sax, piano, trumpet "what happened to all the bass and drums?" "ran out" 5. riffs and talk 6. con'td talk, mention of Sonny Clark 7. ** "where's Ronnie, we worked all this shit up together and he's out there camped out" "yesterday I saw that...chasing around in the middle of 52nd and Broadwauy, ..."Jerry Siegal's coming over" "Gil" and "Al" mentioned. Intros of players in loft under riffs. ****;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. static and tape jumble (talk in loft?) 2. cont'd with some ambient street and riffs and phone audible 3. cont'd with bass and sax 4. cont'd street and loft with talk 5. cont'd with putter and music (radio or loft?) 6. cont'd stairsteps descedning and door knock answered. Smith coughs into mic 7. cont'd ambient 8. cont'd 9. bass solo riffs and talk off mic 10. talk and "see you later on stairs riffs cont'd with horn 11. several horns riff, baby cries, whistle and riffs 12. sax, sax and trumpet riff with baby crying in loft 13. cont'd CDII 1. Radio: WBAI. William Makepiece thacer adapted to radio. Arthur Pendemish, then John Coltrane Quartet on radio, announced by DJ 2. Coltrane LP on radio and stair steps in loft . DJ Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, "In a Sentimental Mood" 3. Take the Coltrane" on radio and "My Little Brown Book" 4. cont'd and stairwell nosie in loft 5. "The feeling of jazz" 6. "In a funny kind of way" DJ, to Duke Ellingotno meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) and talk 7. "you dirty dog" 8. "Self Portrait of the Dream" ? (ends midsong) CDIII 1. horns, unison riffs from a tune, then tune talk 2. more quiet, cont'd and repeating parts of a song 3. talk, hallway and phone ring with horn riffs, and talk 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. tune talk and riffs, new people enter up stiars, 10. cont'd riffs and hallway sound 11. cont'd clatter in hallway and riffs 12. cont'd 13. multiple horns riff and piano joins at end CDIV 1. cont'd horns riffs in loft, with piano and radio in loft 2. cont'd narraor on radio 3. cont'd with radio variation 4. cont'd group horns 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd 9. male and female voices in loft 10. cont'd stairwell noises 11. cont'd, thumps 12. cont'd with riffs and footsteps and WBAI announcer 13. 1920's classical on radio and riffs in loft ;