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Note 1: Hall Overton's studio. Musicians include Jimmy Raney, Zoot Sims, 2 piano players (Eddie Costa and Hall Overton), Henry Grimes, Eddie Costa. Trumpet. Bob, Jimmy. CDI 1. Hot blues track with phone ringing at end 2. Bowed bass and talking "cigarette in your mouth" into 3. Lady is a tramp 4. Willow weep for me" ? after short talking. CDII 1. Music 2. Dialogue with someone walking in. 3. You stepped out of a dream" 4. talk ad piano 5. into song "Ray" (could be Jimmy Raney 6. dialogue (quiet) with footsteps "Hey Eddie (Costa) play the good piano"

Note 1: Hall Overton's studio. Thelonious Monk and Hall Overton transcribing and arranging a song. Street noise through window. Kid or kids in background are audible. Very important interchanges of Monk and Hall arranging for the Thelonious Monk big band throughout.

Note 1: Hall Overton's studio. Thelonious Monk and Hall Overton transcribing and arranging "Little Rootie Tootie" 1. Great discussion, Bob Decelle hinted in room. Joking and arrangement broad strokes. 2. Record making process described by Monk. "Everybody playing in unison, just the drummer's swinging" 3. horns discussed "this way they dig it" 4. discussion of not scoring arrangement for drummer (Monk's idea) record discussed vs. new arrangement. "If you just get the melody, I'll get the chorus."

Note 1: Hall Overton's studio. Thelonious Monk, Hall Overton, W. Eugene Smith. CD I. Multiple people in room. Begins with Smith talking "Albert" "George" (sound check lasts one and a half minutes). "Photographer's" Phone rings. Talking about and arranging "Little Rootie Tootie" " straight through, just like the record" to "Monk's Mood" on track 2. ongoing talking, playing arranging. Overton plays so Monk can listen to arrangement. CDII Continued arranging and talk with piano. Dancing audible. Bass players discussed. 2. Great discussion varies. 3. Smith and Overton Photography discussion. 4. Scheduling talk and photography and music discussion until end of tape/cd. (Monk on radio NYC 92nd Street Y performance)

Note 1: Thelonious Monk big band rehearsing. Songs: Friday the 13th and Little Rootie Tootie. W. Eugene Smith present (laughter on track 2 of CD I) Full band playing sections on each track of each cd. CD II/ 3: Monk talking "I'll play the whole song 4. Singing along with the chorus at times "Yeah, solid." at end.

Note 1: CD I. excerpts in this order Reel 24, track 3; 24, track 4; from Reel 23 then on track 2 Reel 24, track 2. CDII 1. track 2 is the same as track one from Reel 24, but 20 seconds behind in the time. 3. this is from Tape 24 track one with new material starting at the 7:38 mark 4. This is from Reel 25, cd1, track one.

Note 1: Hall Overton and Thelonious Monk arranging in Hall's studio. Repeats from Reel 25 on CDI, II, and the beginning of III (ends 5 minutes into III/1) CDI/1: "funny note in there, sounds alright though" Pacing is audible. Also music from another room or a recording is playing. CDII/2 New content with Teddy Charles and (probably) Calvin Albert, nicknamed "the werewolf" and a young woman. Piano accompaniment and readings from Rabelais's "Gargantua and Pantegruel" Improvisation on the text as well. III/3 contains parody of broadcast "Off the Record" Interview of Hall Overton. "Good ship lollipop" performed and another song sung by the woman in the room.