"If This Potato Could Talk"
The Baked Potato Jazz Club

Where do celebrities, locals and international visitors go to experience the world's best live Jazz while enjoying a delicious stuffed baked potato? Only one place has it all…the Baked Potato Jazz club in Southern California. This proposed documentary film project would chronicle all the history, the wonderful Jazz performances, celebrity sightings, baked potatoes and much more.

For over 30 years the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, California, has provided live Jazz seven nights a week. Since 1970, the club, operated by musician and composer Don Randi, has become a Los Angeles icon and is recognized internationally, promoting a true American art form, Jazz.

From the beginning, on any given night, you'll see some of the music industry's top Jazz performers and studio musicians playing in the intimate setting which is the Baked Potato. The "Spud," as regulars call it, is an important outlet for musicians from all over the world to perform the many varieties of Jazz. The Baked Potato has been labeled the 'petri dish' of the Los Angeles Jazz scene because of the diversity of Jazz styles that can be heard there. The Spud has been a launch pad for the successful careers of numerous Jazz musicians such as Al Jarreau, Kenny G, Larry Carlton, Tom Scott, Lee Ritenour and many more.

Many of Hollywood's most recognizable celebrities are regulars at the Baked Potato and make it their place for live Jazz entertainment. Clint Eastwood, Robert De Niro, Nancy Sinatra, Andy Garcia, Lucy Liu and Geoffrey Rush, just to name a few, have all been spotted hanging out at the Spud. Many enjoy a tasty 15-20 ounce potato along with their live entertainment. The club's menu boasts a huge selection of baked potatoes with fixings!

The Baked Potato, however, is not just a Jazz club. It is also an exceptionally large extended family and continues to be the place where Jazz fans and musicians gather, share stories and exchange licks. For many, especially for L.A. locals, the Baked Potato offers their first experience of live Jazz.

As musicians and filmmakers, it is our objective, obligation and privilege, to bring the Baked Potato to audiences world wide in a documentary film, drawing attention to it's ever evolving and incredible history. Utilizing photographs, video, candid interviews and incredible live performances, we will document the real life stories, the anecdotes and the emotions conveyed by the wonderful musicians, artists and fans who have experienced the Baked Potato first hand.

We invite you to join us in preserving the Baked Potato on film for an audience of millions who are "hungry" for great entertainment that could only come from an artistic landmark like the Spud!