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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.