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The Village Vanguard is a famous jazz club, located at 178 Seventh Avenue (just below W 11th St.) in New York City, which has been around since 1935, and has featured all the big names in jazz. It was founded by Max Gordon (died 1989) and is now run by his wife, Lorraine Gordon. At first it also featured other forms of music such as folk music and beat poetry, but it has been known as the home of live jazz since it switched to an all jazz policy in 1957. Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ...
A club is generally an association of people united by a common interest or goal, as opposed to any natural ties of kinship. ...
Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area - City - Land - Water - Urban - Metro 1,214. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Folk Music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Vanguard is a dark, rather rundown basement in Greenwich Village that has played host to some of the most extraordinary musicians that have ever walked the earth. After walking through the red double doors and down a steep flight of steps (and paying a cover charge), one enters a surprisingly small, wedge-shaped room with a low ceiling, decorated with various jazz posters and antique instruments on the walls. The bandstand is at the point of the wedge, with tables spreading outward. At the back of the club is a small bar and along the wall stage left is a raised banquette, the "cheap seats." At the rear on the right is a passageway to the back rooms of the club, including a tiny "kitchen" (where the musicians hang out - no food is served at the Vanguard) and, if you follow a painted red line through a warren of twists and turns, the men's room. The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ...
Over a hundred jazz albums have been recorded at the venue since the (originally single) album under Sonny Rollins name in 1957. The two most famous engagements in the club's history are probably those of Bill Evans and John Coltrane, both took place in 1961. More recently, Wynton Marsalis regularly recorded at the club in the early 1990s; the reults were issued in a multi-disc set. An early Rollins picture graces the cover of Volume One Theodore Walter (Sonny) Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ...
William John Evans, (better known as Bill Evans) (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the 20th century; he remains one of the major influences on post-1950s jazz piano. ...
John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
New Orleans-born jazz and classical artist and composer Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. ...
A typical engagement at the Vanguard lasts six nights with sets at 9 and 11 PM. On Saturday and occasional Fridays a third set is added at 12:30 AM. Monday nights are reserved for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (formally known as the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band) who have played the Vanguard every Monday since 1966. The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band was a Jazz Big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis around 1965. ...
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