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Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time

by Barry Singer

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Lorraine Gordon and the Village Vanguard

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Lorraine Gordon and the Village Vanguard

Barry Singer’s biography centers on Lorraine Gordon’s life and her long association with the Village Vanguard, the New York jazz club established in 1935. The account places her story across several roles, including music-business pioneer and club owner, and connects it with artists and figures from jazz, politics, entertainment, and the wider cultural scene. The Vanguard’s place in jazz history also gives the book a broader frame: its stage and the many recordings made there link Gordon’s personal trajectory to the club’s standing as a venue for prominent musicians.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Jazz fans interested in the history of New York’s Village Vanguard.
  • Readers curious about Lorraine Gordon’s life and career in the music business.
  • Those interested in the cultural figures associated with the club.

Themes

Jazz-club historyMusic businessBiographyNew York cultural life

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Book overview

Jazz fans get the inside story of New York's legendary club.

At age 83, Lorraine Gordon is a jazz icon who has lived more than a few lives: downtown bohemian, uptown grande dame, music business pioneer, wife, lover, mother, and finally - at a point when most women her age were just settling into grandmotherhood - owner of the most famous jazz club in the world, the Village Vanguard. The trajectory of her journey has been remarkable. The details are a Jackson Pollock-like swirl of fierce colors shot through with larger-than-life creative figures: not just jazz figures but luminaries from every point on the political, social and entertainment spectrum: from Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk to Lenny Bruce, Norman Mailer and Barbra Streisand.

- The legendary Village Vanguard has been an international jazz mecca since 1935. According to New York Magazine, "A musician hasn't truly arrived in the jazz world until he's played at the 'Carnegie Hall of Cool ' the Village Vanguard."

- There have been over 100 "Live at the Village Vanguard" recordings by premier artists from John Coltrane to Wynton Marsalis.

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