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Note 1: 1960 Rehearsal. John Benson Brooks. Piano, bass, sax, alto sax, trumpet?, drums. CDI 1. Rehearsing composed tune 2. Same song 3. Refers to score and "Kenny" Smith" talks 4. Tune rehearsed, same? 5. "Haven't written out the ending yet."…" 6. section played instead of score 7."HOld up Shar, Ash, when it's two phrases..." "two plus" "two minus" (system of interpreting score) 8. Tune (tape ends before song) CDII 1. "new composition" "Bill" 2. Radio: Shakespeare broadcast Midsummer night 3. Berin Evans talking about Shakespeare on WNYC 4. Back to studio rehearsal, "he's from France ..."

Note 1: CDI Channel 13. JFK - President Kennedy press conference. 1. Cuba and cold war 2. Cuba and stte of nations, Soviets 3. Venezuela and treaty, Clay committee. Mansfield committee, Far east, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India… lasts until end of conference. CDII 1. Jazz (Jim Hall) radio 2. "Jazz Casual" with Ralph Gleason. Hall, Cranshaw, Riley. (Rollins, the Bridge) Interview with Sonny Rollins, very good. 3. "God bless the child" 4. Tune 5. "And now back to Sonny Rollins for some more music" 6. NET WNDT Channel 13. Show and dry legal discussion with panelists. 7. Changes to Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell. God's Little Acre. Depression drams directed by John Ford. CDIII 1. Panel discussion on culture with Dwight MacDonald from the New Yorker and Gilbert Seldis form UPenn. 2. cont'd on film and theater. 3. same with others, too 4. sign of music "Court of Reason" civil/states rights for next show. Daily news 5. Beginning of prerecorded JFK news conference. Tax reform bill and nuclear weapons treaty. onsite inspections mentioned. CDIV Loft scene with much dialogue. W. Eugene Smith, Carole Thomas, Larry. Very important dialogue. Mentions gordon Pakrs, John Szarkowski, (hot in here) book, late night bar around 31st and 6th Ave for late night beer run(s) Photography talk desciption of Smith photographs, 2. Larry and photo talk continued. Smith returns from beer run and spills beer. 3. More phototalk and Lapanese language Parks, Smith, Szarkowski, Walter Rosenblum 4. Ted mentioned and layout. 5. Carole and or Charlie photo talk others mentioned. 6. Smith talks about layout. It's 4:30am "Tell Lloyd" Cartier Bresson talk, not making his own prints.

Note 1: "January 30, 1960. Dave McKenna, Takas, Zoot, Ronnie, Brookmeyer; Freddie Red came in on a previous tape, don't know if he played or not; Studio 821 Norelco Sterio Mike, Engineer Smith and Johns, Jazz Dialogues;" Tommy Johns/Jons and Smith. Tommy and Woody talk. Cedi 1. Talk and riffs Mics mentioned, Woody or Wayne talk, Smith talks about Dave (not there). Walls, subway and Many topics breached. 2. More talk including Eugene Smith on airplanes.** Reference to George Orick Stanly Fred And Dave. 3. Piano plinks with talk Cats and parties 4. type photography work and Dave Young referencing. Smith "I don't like to sleep." CDII 1. Quiet talk with some interference. Tommy Johns talks at length Talk about Gene Smith important section. "Gene is 40, my father's 41."

Note 1: "Ferrara, Zoot, Konitz, Neese, Redd, Ryder." CDI 1. midsong, trumpets bass drums piano and multiple horns 2. voices and horns riffing "lee" "too close for comfort" tune. 3. into messy song with exotic tinge. CDII 1. song cont'd 2. quiet talk "I'm gonna take my drums and go home." 3. piano starts tune (body and soul, or skin deep) 4. talk of leaving 5. Freddie mentioned 6. tune 7. ballad, "Lefty"

Note 1: "Possibly has Konitz, not for use." 1. snaps, banter, riffs, Piano, sax, bass "All the things you are?" 2. Into tune and saxophones join in for solos. 3. Talk and riffs 4. Tune, good sax solo 5. Continued "Got the Parisian group here" comment 6. banter and riffs, Dave, John, Al Levitt, Ben "left handed" 7. "You'd be so nice to come home to" with several saxes and ends during piano solo with humming piano player. CDII 1.

Note 1: March 24/25, 1960. "Zoot Sims, Bill Potts, Ronnie Free" CDI Long conversation with musicians, Smith, others. Covered: many topics. Wingy Manone story, Ohio, Cats, "Rich" "What time is it?" "3:20" Zoot: "in fact I'm leaving today, you gotta get that painting." Pill discussion. "Dave" "Gene" Photography and about Marty Forscher. Mics and wires. Loft resident. Bill Into tune "Dear Old Stockholm" 2. tune 3. tune talk 4. into tune CDII 1. tune midsong 2. "that was fun" drinking in kitchen 3. Piano drums sax 4. riffs and singing Dave McKenna story, "Did you ever hear John Cage?" "no notes, no bass" 5. piano sax drums (brushes) tune 6. talk tune "Baby's got no love" or "Worried blues" 7. "Al Cohn and I played that" skips to song before tape ends.