The Haig

The Haig Dinners was a jazz club located at 638 South Kenmore Avenue in the Wilshire Distric, Los Angeles, California.

[3] In early 1952 Gerry Mulligan walked into the club and found Erroll Garner, Bobby Short, and others jamming without amplification.

[4] In its time, Erroll Garner, Shorty Rogers, Red Norvo, Laurindo Almeida, Ornette Coleman and Bud Shank all played the club.

Gerry Mulligan's first California band was formed at The Haig and maintained an eleven-month engagement there beginning in the spring of 1952.

In its short life the pianoless quartet released several records for Richard Bock's Pacific label.