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Max Gordon (Village Vanguard founder)

Max Gordon (March 12, 1903 – May 11, 1989) was an American jazz promoter and founder of the Village Vanguard jazz club in New York City. Born in Svir,

Updated: March 3, 2026
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Village Vanguard

Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon.

Updated: July 12, 2026
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Max Gordon

theater and film producer Max Gordon (Village Vanguard founder) (1908–1989), founder of the Village Vanguard jazz club Max Gordon (trade unionist) (1910–1977)

Updated: August 11, 2026
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Lorraine Gordon

Bechet and pianist Thelonious Monk. In 1949, she married Max Gordon, owner of the Village Vanguard club in New York. Established in 1935, the club gained

Updated: October 21, 2026
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The Blue Angel (New York nightclub)

the Angel. The Blue Angel was founded by Max Gordon, founder of Greenwich Village's venue, the Village Vanguard, which opened in 1934. The Blue Angel was

Updated: July 8, 2026
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The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

Watrous also included a reminiscence from Lorraine Gordon, wife of Max Gordon (founder of the Village Vanguard): "Coltrane would get off the stage and go back

Updated: May 30, 2025
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Joe Gould's Secret (film)

support from poet E. E. Cummings, portrait painter Alice Neel, Village Vanguard founder Max Gordon, art gallery owner Vivian Marquie, and even the sculptor

Updated: February 19, 2026
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Vanguard Press

discovered that Vanguard had purged communists from the organization in the late 1940s, including founder Arthur Kallet. The Vanguard Press earned a reputation

Updated: October 27, 2026
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West Village

designated as the Stonewall National Monument. Village Vanguard is a jazz club opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. At first, it featured many forms of music

Updated: August 5, 2026
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Peter Thiel

capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund, he was also the first outside investor in

Updated: October 30, 2026