Paul Serrano's (P.S. Recording Studio)

CTL-E-2437 · Institution · studio · 1966–2015

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Recording studio built in 1966 on East 23rd Street by Chicago jazz trumpeter and audio engineer Paul Serrano; sessions included Jerry Butler, Donnie Hathaway, and Oscar Brown Jr. NOTE: assigned to this batch as 'Paul Serrano's (jazz club)' — no jazz club could be verified in found sources; the documented operation is the recording studio (see CTL-CFL-000503).

The record

• Also known as: P.S. Recording Studio, P.S. Studios, Paul Serrano's studio

Notes

RELP58 new entity (2026-10-06): full build — 10 claims, 10 evidence, 5 relationships.

Relationships

• Paul Serrano — founded by
  Trumpeter Paul Serrano built P.S. Recording Studio in Chicago in 1966.

Referenced by

• Donny Hathaway — recorded for → this record
• Jerry Butler — recorded for → this record
• Oscar Brown Jr. — recorded for → this record
• Paul Serrano — affiliated with → this record

Sources

• Soul Express — Deep Soul June 2015 (P.S. Recording Studio built 1966; Serrano d. Jan 2015, age 82)
• Dave Hoekstra — Gene Barge profile (studio next to Sauer's, 321 E. 23rd St.; recorded Butler, Hathaway, Oscar Brown Jr.)
• Mix magazine, Nov 1984 — 'Paul Serrano; owner, P.S. Studios' (first Chicago studio to use Ampex 456 tape) (primary source)

Record CTL-E-2437 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 3 sources (1 primary) · 5 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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