Jazz Advocate and Club Owner Lorraine Gordon Dead at 95
Lorraine Gordon—notable jazz advocate and owner of the historic New York City jazz club Village Vanguard—has died at the age of 95. Longtime club manager Jed Eisenman confirmed to NPR that Gordon had suffered complications following a stroke she had on Memorial Day. A lifelong lover of jazz, Gordon worked with her first husband—Blue Note Records co-founder Alfred Lion—to A&R the label’s 1940s-era releases. She is credited with discovering Thelonious Monk, introducing him to Lion and urging Vanguard owner (and second husband) Max Gordon to book the…
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