Welcome to the Village Vanguard web site, online since April 1999. The club's been around for just a bit longer (1935).

Updated Friday, July 23, 2010.

Re: MOTIAN, LOVANO, FRISELL - Week One...

Joe Lovano is unable to make the first week (August 24 - August 29) of their annual two week gig. Paul and Bill have invited the fabulous saxophonists Mark Turner and Tony Malaby to join them for week one.

Joe will be back for week two (August 31 - September 05).

FEBRUARY 23rd, 1935

So what happened on February 23rd, 1935?

Max Gordon opened the doors to the Village Vanguard!

And 75 years later, we're still in the same spot; the basement of 178 7th Avenue South.

Below is an excerpt from a short documentary about the club's beginnings...

...and the entire 17 minute commemorative DVD is now available at our on-line store...

LIVE BROADCASTS from the VILLAGE VANGUARD

"Live at The Village Vanguard" is a monthly series from WBGO, NPR, and The Village Vanguard that presents jazz programming in a completely fresh way, using multi-platform media to heighten the jazz experience. Visitors to the WBGO website are able to listen to the concerts online in real time, and chat with WBGO's Special Projects Coordinator and host, Josh Jackson in a live conversation via the WBGO chat room, to discuss the performances as they happen. Photos are shot and uploaded during the performance, giving a complete live musical experience to visitors. Jackson also blogs live to www.WBGO.org/blog.

2010 shows in the"Live at The Village Vanguard" series:
Wayne Escoffery Quartet – Wednesday, June 09.
Barry Harris Trio – Wednesday, July 21.
Greg Osby 5 – Tuesday, August 03.
Renee Rosnes Quartet – Wednesday, September 15.

Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time by our very own Lorraine Gordon.

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

RECIPIENT OF THE ASCAP DEEMS TAYLOR AWARD
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers has awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award to Lorraine Gordon and Barry Singer in recognition of the excellence of their book, Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time.