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Milt Hinton's Datebooks

July 14-17, 1953

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1. July 2-5, 1953 Thursday July 2: Titter + Aunt Pearl | Arrive in N.Y. | Pacemaker. Meet them | 8:50 9:50 city time | C.B.S. studio I - 485 Madison | 5 to 8 | Mothers train 5 hrs late arrive 2:30 | Dave Moore on way to | Tanglewood N.J. has full | Scholarship - Geo. Devivian called need | Bass. $35.00 for dance Wed at | Ft Dix. Friday July 3: Jeffs Daoghter Leaves for | Europe [illegible] madison 49 E 52 | C.B.S. studio 22 E 52nd | St. 3:30–6:30 | 8:30–9:30 | Leave Bass At Beefsteaks | Pay Day Savoy 110.00 Saturday July 4: Meet George Devivian At | Beef steak 3:00 P.M. A [illegible] | Give him my Bass Sunday July 5: By Jeffs | Bell-shang Henerine | + Bootsie + Terry Anne | Arrived tonight. | Buster out to the House
2. July 6-9, 1953 Monday July 6: Close | Savoy with Baise | Mrs Marshall [illegible] Ladies | + Buster out For Dinner | wow. | No Tax or Record of tax on Baise Tuesday July 7: (open) Band Box | Lesson - Peck | Duke + Baise wonderful | Cab and Party By Sugar Ray | Joe Houis, Killer Johnson, | All Disc Jockeys - Told Baise I | will not go out of town. | Pd 60.00 For Last Few days | at Savoy. 9:00 Hit At | Band Box. New Toilet Seat $50.00 | 2 Lessons Peck, Hackney. | Titter + Aunt Pearl - Lorraine Wednesday July 8: 2 lessons Hackney - Peck | Billy Extine Birthday - Thursday July 9: Hildegarde, Mona, Belle, Titter, Aunt | Pearl, Henerine, At Band Box | To Hear Duke + Basie
3. July 10-13, 1953
4. July 14-17, 1953 Tuesday July 14: Dinner At 139th St with | Mrs Marshall - Billy Extine | wants me to go on tour with | Him. Ralph Watkins By Band | Box says Joe Glazier wants Bass | man for Louie Armstrong - Recommend | me - Tried to Contact Cozy Wednesday July 15: [blank] Thursday July 16: Titter, Aunt Pearl, Char | Left For Chicago 3PM | Picked up C.B.S. check | of 7/3/53 Total 78.23 | 15.80 W.H. 1.18 O.A.S. | Employee no 39430 - me | check 6/25 | Mona Home attn 6:30 AM | Brought chow mein Friday July 17: Practiced couple of hours
5. July 18-21, 1953 Saturday July 18: Rehearshal Band Box | Tony Scott Sunday July 19: wrote John Mandel A check | For $200.00 For Tape Recorder | Let Me Keep his Mike. | car still leaking oil | To Go back to Shop Monday | Duke closed Band Box toinght | Great Engagement Monday July 20: Recording Date | Tony Scott 2-5 | Decca 10th [illegible] | Jackie Parrish | 1 Hr. overtime | Irving Kloger | on Drums Had to Go to Work | Kenny Clark Finished Date | saw cinerama with Mona | Pleasant Day off | Deposited 350.00 in checking | Account. WH.390 70.75 | S.S. 1.06 | SD .07 | 65-72 Tuesday July 21: Geo Shearing opens Band | Box Tonight Tonight Begins | my Last week with Baise | Peck Lesson - on me
7. July 26-29, 1953 Sunday July 26: close | closed Band Box with Baise | A Truly Great Engagement | A Swinging Band of Good Guys | And Baise is Really A | Prince. A Real Royal Leader | And Man 150.00 Monday July 27: signed Louis Armstrong contract | For one yeay with Joe Glazier | By Tailors For Fitting | Got Ticket Plane to Chicago | Leave N.y. 10: A.M. Tue | check At 9:30 Tuesday July 28: Flight 93 International Airport | 10: A.M. | Band At Souderland Hotel 47th St | Call Mr. Oscar Cohan FR.2-9600 | Morrison Hotel Room 1180 | 5: P.M. Rehearshal At | Civic Opera House | 5-9 10:15-12:00 Wednesday July 29: (open) | Tomorrow is Jeffs Birthday | 10AM - 5:20 6:30 - 8:25 | 40 mi Break | open at Blue Note with | Louis Armstrong Broadcast | Band Great - All's well - Fellows | very Kind. Oscar Pd Mo 13.30 | overweight Baggage | Eddie South by Band Box
8. July 30-August 2, 1953 Thursday July 30: close | 9:15 Rebout [?] Civic Aud | Chicago Raytheon show | Louis Armstrong orch 9:15 - 2:15 | close Blue Note | Payday Blue Note + Civic | Aud. 266.00 | W.H. 42.90 SS. 4.00 5.30 | 4.00 Bag. 6.00 Beer + whiskey | Mrs. Truxon 401 N. Delaware | Atlantic City N.J. 5-4346 Friday July 31: Tomorrow is Aunt Lucy Woods | Birthday | 1:00 Sultherland Hote | 47 + Drexil | Business Adress - Squibb's | 52 st + 5th Ave | 50.00 Fruit Port Mich Pd. | Titter 10.00 Aunt Pearl 10.00 - 1000 | Cinerama For Family Saturday August 1: 6:45 LV. Southerland Hotel | Play soldiers Field onto Stubenville | Ohio. 50.00 Soldiers Field. | Loaned Band boy 5.00 Sunday August 2: Sheraton Hotel Pillsburg Pa. 6.35 | LV 6:30 For Stubenville Ohio (Dance) | Attendance LV. For. Hamilton Ont. Canada | Sunday Dinner 3.60 Bellboy .25 | 50.00