Live At The Village Vanguard

by Max Gordon, Nat Hentoff (Illustrator)

Since 1934, the Village Vanguard in New York's Greenwich Village has hosted the foremost in live jazz, folk music, and comedy. Its owner, Max Gordon, has now written a personal history of his club and the hundreds of entertainment legends who have played there. Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Woodie Guthrie, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Josh White, Pete Seeger-Max has stories about all of them. And what stories! As Nat Hentoff says in his introduction, "A good many so-called professional writers have not done nearly so well."

Genres: Music, Jazz, Autobiography

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

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Reviews

[Darek Asanowicz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stories.

[Khalfani Myrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great stories and an insights on running the Vanguard. It did not connect with me personally, but could see the appeal to someone who has more history with the establishment.