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Includes correspondence of miriam cooke, colleagues, and former students.

Includes correspondence with A. Kenneth Pyle, Richard Brodhead, William Chafe, Karla Holloway, George McLendon, Lee D. baker, and Nannerl Keohane.

Note 1: Bass, drums, piano, sax, trombone, trumpet. "Hal" and "Ronnie" mentioned. 2 songs on each cd with small jam session talk in between.

Note 1: Bass, drums, piano, sax, trombone, trumpet. "Al" or "Hal" mentioned. Songs with longer dialogue on second CD. Discussion of tunes.

Note 1: Sax, drums, bass, trumpet, piano, sax. Male and female voices. "Gerry" "Stan" "Don" mentioned. Dave Young's. "C-Blues" last track.

Note 1: Piano - Dave McKenna. "My Funny Valentine" Talking and playing.

Note 1: Good playing bookends talk. Substantive conversation. Trumpet Trombone, sax, piano, drums. Others in attendance, including female voices. Probably at Dave Young's apartment. W. Eugene Smith talking. "My children will play this when I'm dead." Gary. Martin's Bar, Towncrest, Junior's mentioned. C#, Zoot, Gary, John, Loren "Buddy" Blacklock.

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.