Los Angeles in the mid 1950’s was a jazz lovers paradise. A snapshot of January 1954 provides an example. Billie Holiday was ending her current engagement at Tiffany Club, Bud Powell was opening at The Haig, Chet Baker and Russ Freeman were at Zardi’s, Nat “King” Cole was at Ciro’s, June Christy was at Trianon […]
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Tiffany Club – 1953 – Part Two
The Tiffany Club opened the last half of 1953 with The Ink Spots plus comedian “Slappy” White.
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