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Note 1: August 1961. Lin Halliday, sax; Warren Fitzgerald, trumpet; Manny Duran, trumpet; others. CDI 1. Midsong with several solos. Long song. "Let's play some tunes, like, uh, more conducive to relaxing." "get together and just swing" Working out tune. 2. Snapping out rhythm into tune. Trombone in mix. "If __ wants to come play..." CDII (W. Eugene Smith adjusting recording volume for conversation) 1. "Straight street" "Don't remind Halliday of that one, man." "Anybody got a rag, look what you did man." "Kids, now" (Jimmy spilled something on the piano) "Fred" "Warren" 2. "Manny" "Warren" More music talk and talk about how the piano keys are sticky because Jimmy spilled something on them. Rag, Hall or Paul, Lin. " No, I just wanted to change something on the scores real quick." More talking until 3. Tune.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis group rehearsal. W. Eugene Smith adjusting volume on recorder. Names of participants include: Don, John, Barre Phillips?, Martin Eagle, Frank, Dave, Mike, Female singer. 1. Long discussion of music, jazz, improvisation. Rehearsal and composition. Phone rings for Jimmy in the other room. Stair step noises. 2. Further discussion. "like Monk" Rehearsing parts and with full band. Shows discussed. Multiple contributors to compositions. 4. Song followed by Don Ellis and others talking's about specific tunes.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis group rehearsal. (For Speakeasy (club) show across from Village Gate) W. Eugene Smith adjusting volume on final track. Names mentioned include Don, Doug, Jimmy, Frank, Joe, Ray, Paul, Dave, Fred, Tom, Female voice. 1. Counting and talking under song, midsong. Discussion and 2 . Repetition of song. 3. More rehearsal followed by discussion. 4. Same with "Jimmy, do you think we could get in around 8 o'clock to get his drums, or will it be closed up?" Jimmy: "If you take it now it'd be better because I still have to make tonight." 5. Use of piano for discussion purposes. (Pregnancy talk from previous track continues: Yoga, Lamaz, Midwife) People leaving the rehearsal evident "Just got back from Paris" Don and others talking about music and continuing with piano as tape runs out.

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis, W. Eugene Smith (voice), Jimmy Stevenson, loft cats. Other names mentioned include: Ken, Lisa (singer), Garnett (oboe or clarinet), Joe (Farrell, his composition), Doug, John, Ken) CDI Tacks 1 and 2 have poor sound. Rehearsing music with police scanner pickup, cat sounds. 3. Volume and clarity are fixed (by Smith?) on track 3. 3. Discussion regarding score. Oboe mentioned and Lisa is addressed. 4. Tune 5. "Discussion 6. Tune 7. Discussion of actual playing, rehearsal style. Tunes: "Mt. Olive" "Grapeshot"

Note 1: May 1963. Don Ellis rehearsal. Don Ellis, (W. Eugene Smith in room with Al Most, his cat), Lisa, Jim, Don, Joe, Garrett, Warren, Ken/Tim, John, Jimmy Stevenson, Stan, Barre Phillips. Mentioned in conversation: The Speakeasy (opposite the Village Gate), Ron, Miles, Lee Davis (artist), Ed Shaughnessy, Ronnie Bedford, Pee Wee Russell, WNCN . CDI 1 Song rehearsed. 2. Improvisational experiment/exercise description. 3. Executing #2's idea 4. "OK, just before you guys came in we did a free thing that was pretty wild..." 5. Repetition of "free thing" 6. Discussing Speakeasy gig across from the Village Gate. Riffing over voices: piano, oboe, flute. CDII 1. police radio (pageboy) with street and loft cat sounds. Stops just after footsteps sound (approaching recorder?) 2. Restarted recording. Kid's or woman singing in background.

Note 1: April (23rd). CDI Talk radio broadcast: O'Leary, Detroit, C. William Hall question. Cuban story at 11:00 Mr. Kepler. Gene Smith's …I'll never buy Pittsburgh:, layout, photography. CDII Jazz recorded from radio: 1. Joe Williams with Count Basie, "Amazing Love" 2. Monk "Friday the 13th" piano and big band followed by applause 3. Round Midnight, Eddie Andrew 4. Radio piano with vibes 5. Billie Holliday, "Foggy Day in Londontowne" 6. Miles Davis "It ain't necessarily so" 7. Mingus and talking 8. the blues walked in 9. Peter Gunn 11. Ella? 12. Instrumental

Note 1: May or June, 1964? Or late 1963? Hall Overton, Thelonious Monk, Phil (Woods), Steve (Lacy), Stan, Starts with rehearsal and ends with casual conversation by all in loft. Phone rings on track 6. Alan Lomax discussion. Porpoises and human talk. Sax and piano riff in background.