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Village Vanguard
178 Seventh Avenue South · Greenwich Village, Manhattan40.7359° N / 74.0014° W
Overview
The basement jazz room often cited as the longest-running jazz club in New York.
The Village Vanguard is a small, wedge-shaped basement room opened by Max Gordon in 1935 and widely cited as the city's longest-running jazz club. It is associated with a long catalog of live recordings and with a listening-room ethos that has changed little across the decades.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
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FlyerPL.01
Pending acquisition
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PhotographPL.02
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DocumentPL.03
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Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
jazz
Cultural role
jazz institutionlistening room
Tags
#jazzclub#GreenwichVillage#liverecordings#SeventhAvenue