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Note 1: Smith notes: "March 1964?" This could be same night as reel 146. CDI 1. Quiet voices in conversation. Smith raises volume. 2. More whispering and room noise. Smith raises volume again. "Jimmy", he just left about 3 to 5 minutes ago." (called his wife) 3. More whispered conversation. At least 3 voices: Toledo, Zoot, coffee, raisin bran, "coffee and a sweet roll before I left home," "called...his wife...he said he was gonna leave his drums down there for you to use" 4. "Pete, hang your suit up." More talk. 5. lots of room noise. "This is Paul Bley" (joke? photograph?) "place where I can sleep?" "my head congestion is real bad" "maybe he'll take one, this is close enough." (female voice) "Dick"... CDII 1. Continued room noise. Coughing. 2. Same 3 same 4 door and cough CDIII 1. Jimmy Stevenson talking with woman. "that's for Gene...upstairs...his apartment." "You ought to come...34th Street." Water and kitten noise. "Dave" 3. Escalated loft noise. 4. More random room sounds with street noise. 5. Same CDIV 1. Same, from CDIII 2. door opens with key sounds 3. more loft noise 4. same, ends cold.

Note 1: March 1 or 2, 1964. Conversations. Dick Scott drums, Warren? Bass, Stevenson Trumpet, Zoot Sims Sax, and ??others. 1. Midsong. Bass, drums, sax, bass. 2. Talk calling "Solar or another song 3. Tune, good sax. "Jimmy" joking around during song "Zoot" ends with quiet talk. "Terry/Perry" 4. Talk about many jazz musicians, clubs.*** Cats. Call for Jimmy from Genevieve. (silence) 5. Midsong 6. riffs 7. riffs and discussion. Gene Smith. Dick Cary...West Coast now. Several people mentioned as having been called for session. "He's called a lot of people and it's so hard to get people over there." "Nobody wants to play anymore, Zoot." Several topics...Jazz Workshop, Lenny's. (?)

Note 1: Smith's notes: "Early 1964. Dick Scott, Zoot. Some Distortion, Dick Scott - Drums, Bass -, Zoot Sims - Sax, (part of One side); Dialogue including fellow who ahd asthma and ahd to go to the hospital; Tandberg - more reels maybe" Could be precursor to 166?? CDI 1. silence 2. midsong, stops. "What did you stop for?" "I just felt like stopping." 3. Talk, riffs Zoot Sims enters "Been to the wrong building, it's been so long." Smith. Smith photograph discussed Dick Cary mentioned. Loft history, past and recent past. Don Ellis, Ernie, Piano, interior and loft history, mics. "Terry...head of hair..." 4. Tune 5. "about 2 o'clock" "Peter Ind story." Bowed bass and brushed drums. 6. drum and bass riffs. CDII All talking in loft 1. "St. Louis" hometown. "Should I turn this heater off?" "What does it feel like, a cold, Eddie?" "I'd like to have this piano, Dick(Vic?), I like that hard sound - boy." Smith with key. Smith talking about his mother (red focussing cloth). Pictures from girl who took lessons with Dave. Robbery details from Smith's apartment. Also, mention of Ruth Fetske as trusted person. Freddy (Greenwell) and Ronnie Free. Recorders. Konitz solo and recording. Smith discusses ethics of recording. Prostitution around 49th Street. Coffee. Waiting for Zoot, who has gone out.?? 2. Jackie Gleason train story. "days when everybody wanted to play." 3. drum bass riffs 4. quiet talk, someone's place had burned down. "couple of days ago...that's why he's here." 5. bass riffs. CDIII 1. quiet talk and bass 2. cont'd with clear talk. 3. drum bass song with talk: loft acoustics, Smith, recording logistics. Room in recording much better than Jimmy Stevenson's studio. More talk and music.

Note 1: February 1964. Jimmy Stevenson and others. CDI 1. Music and talk 2. same 3. piano sax with bass 4. Talk with riffs' Jazz band talk. 5. tune talk 6. Talk includes Paul, C#, "Are you from Chicago?" "Originally, yeah.", "He brought his full set this time." Jeremy's label - Columbia: Denny Zeitlin, Ben Riley. CDII 1. quiet with vocals in background. Smith and Carole in loft. CDIII 1. Radio TV with room street noise. Vacuum. Smith humming. Long Island plane crash on news. Smith falls and makes a lot of racket. Cats. Smith sings, Phone, stairs and knocking COD delivery. Intercom evident. CDIV 1. Smith, Carole, cats. Stair noise, "Gene, I don't have a key to the ? box, right now." "Merry Christmas" ...CDV 1. Gene, Carole, partitions in loft. Construction. Wiring work too. CDVI 1. Continued quiet talk.