A DevraDoWrite reader has written in with a query that I can’t answer:
In 1966, the Hampton Hawes trio (with Red Mitchell & Donald Bailey) recorded ‘live’ for Contemporary Records at Mitchell’s Studio Club in Los Angeles (the ‘Mitchell’ in question was no relation to Red, the bassist). Two LP albums were subsequently issued: “The Séance†and “I’m All Smilesâ€. My question is: Do you – or does anyone among your many readers happen to recall the address of this particular club?
I have submitted this question to some of my fellow jazz writers and researchers, but no one has replied as yet. If you have any memories of Mitchell’s Studio Club, please drop me an email.