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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.

Note 1: January, 1964. Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Henry Grimes…Jimmy Stevenson present. CDI 1. "It never entered my mind" (tune quoted by Kirk on sax) 2. "Sweet and Lovely" 3. "Autumn in New York" - tune (doesn't overlap, whereas 1. and 2. do with previous reel) CDII 1. Continuation of previous tune. Lots of talking. Names. Roland Kirk wants to open a club. Discussion of theater basement across from Five Spot as prospective club. 2. Conversation continued. Bowery Lane Theater. Microphones adjusted by Smith. Bowed bass by Henry Grimes in background. 4. Everyone leaving. Goodnights and thank you.

Note 1: Dec 1963 or Jan 1964. Tandberg recorder. Roland Kirk, Paul Bley, Jay Cameron, Eddie Dehaas. (Saxes, piano, sax, bass). Edgar Bateman, drums. CDI 1. Kirk talking about opening a club 2. Kirk talks more "Ornette's tune" Overlap with 121 2/2 #3. 3. Overlap of 2/2 of 121 "how's about if Eddie grabs your tenor?" "Roland" "Frank Sinatra" story "Hoboken, New Jersey." "Dave Pike" "Edgar, how're we going to manage all this stuff" "Jim, he's the brains." "Dave" Woman's voice: "I want to tell him how beautiful he plays, but..." W. Eugene Smith: "Alright people, get the hell outta here, will ya." 4. Smith in room with cats, radio, maybe female (talking to her or cats away from mics) CDII 1. continued Smith in room with radio. talking in stairway and footsteps leaving CDIII 1. Doors, stairs, cars, voices, cat, spray can "Gene, what's that smell here, is there a smell?" "Yeah, I was spraying some stuff" CDIV 1. Room noise and radio starway noise 2. Jimmy Stevenson on bass and pianist talking over music 3. Ballad with bss and piano 4. More music talk.

Note 1: Dec 1963. Eddie Listengart, Ira Jackson. Jimmy Stevenson. One track. Lot's of talking, primarily between Listengart and Jackson. W. Eugene Smith raises recorder volume at the beginning. Jazz, Charlie Parker and others, Monk ping pong, James Moody, Marcello Piras, Race (Uncle Tom and Kubrick's The Killing scene)