The Haig

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The Haig was a jazz music venue in Los Angeles that existed in the early 1950s.

History of the club

The Haig , located 638 South Kenmore Avenue across from the Ambassador Hotel, near Wilshire Boulevard and between Downtown and Beverly Hills , was originally a bungalow that was converted into a club by its owner, John Bennett. In the early 1950s, concerts by well-known musicians such as Erroll Garner , Shorty Rogers , Red Norvo , Laurindo Almeida , Ornette Coleman and Bud Shank took place there regularly . Gerry Mulligan's first California band was formed at The Haig when Mulligan had an eleven month engagement there, which began in the spring of 1952. The Gerry Mulligan Quartet made the trumpeter Chet Baker famous and resulted in recordings for the Pacific Jazz label . Regular jam sessions were held in the club , including a. with Wardell Gray , Chico Hamilton and Jimmy Rowles . In the course of its existence, a number of concerts have been recorded and released on record at Haig . a. also recordings by Stan Getz , Hampton Hawes , Art Farmer and Lee Konitz . The Haig and the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach were one of the central venues of early West Coast jazz . In the mid-1950s, a number of jazz clubs in Los Angeles closed their doors, including The Haig , the Zardi’s and the Tiffany Club .

James Lincoln Collier points out that in the early 1950s, African American musicians ' venues were concentrated in the clubs on Central Avenue, while white musicians' clubs, like The Haig , were more likely to be found in the suburbs .

Discographic notes

  • Sweets Edison - Sweets at the Haig (Pacific Jazz)
  • Gerry Mulligan - Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Lee Konitz (Pacific Jazz)
  • Warne Marsh: Live in Hollywood (Xanadu, 1952)
  • Chet Baker / Stan Getz: West Coast Live (Pacific Jazz, 1953, ed. 1997)

literature

  • Ted Gioia : West Coast Jazz: Modern Jazz in California, 1945–1960 . Oxford University Press, New York 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry Martin, Keith Waters: Essential Jazz . 2013, p. 146
  2. ^ Bill Kirchner (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Jazz . 2005, p. 732
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 8, 2014)
  4. ↑ James Gavin: Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker . 2011, p. 130
  5. ↑ James Lincoln Collier: Jazz . 1995, p. 708