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Live at the Village Vanguard Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Gordon, Max (Author)

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ISBN: 0306801604     ISBN-13: 9780306801600
Publisher: Da Capo Press
OUR PRICE: $20.99  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: March 1982
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Annotation: "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"
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Comedy
- Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz
- Music | Business Aspects
Dewey: 792.709
LCCN: 81022149
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.55" W x 8.55" L (0.55 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
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.
 
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