Looking for a new read?
Try Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time by our very own Lorraine Gordon. It's just out now!
Here's what others are saying:
"Lorraine Gordon has not only known everybody in jazz, but just about everybody else as well. This book is a must-read for all who love our city's roar, its music and its history."
Ahmet Ertegun, Chairman, Atlantic Records.
"She's beautiful, hilarious, ornery, out-spoken, sometimes outrageous, honest to a fault, endlessly quotable and simply the living spirit of jazz.
Bruce Lundvall, Blue Note Records."
"She's maintained the integrity of the Vanguard as a room where musicians play. It's a great feat, especially in our time, when integrity is a curse word and selling out a religion in our country. And it will be viewed that way, as a very great achievement not just for jazz but for our times."
Wynton Marsalis
"Lorraine Gordon is why the Village Vanguard is what it is, and why it is."
Bill Frisell
Signed copies by Mrs. Gordon available exclusively here on our online store or at the club.