3260 W. 8th Street. Los Angeles, CA 90005
This building on the southeastern corner of 8th Street and Normandie Avenue in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles was the home of The Tiffany Club; one of L.A.’s premier nightclubs in the early 1950’s. Performers that worked here during that time include: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker (with Chet Baker!), Art Tatum, the Nat King Cole Trio, Nellie Lutcher, Slim Gaillard, June Christie, Dave Brubeck, George Shearing, Sarah Vaughan, Muggsy Spanier, Benny Carter, the Oscar Peterson (featuring Ray Brown and Barney Kessell), Johnny Hodges, Harry The Hipster, Louis Jordon, Bobby Troup, Anita O’Day, The Weavers, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Bostic, and The Ink Spots.
By the mid-fifties the club was no longer a jazz hotspot; instead it was playing host to various burlesque acts. The club was listed in the Los Angeles City Directory throughout the 1960’s, but it is unclear what was going on there by that time.
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