The 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. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz music venue in 1957. It has hosted many highly renowned jazz musicians since then, and today is the oldest operating jazz club in New York City.
The Village Vanguard in New York City, 2018
Maxine Sullivan, March 1947
Dexter Gordon and Benny Bailey in 1977
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village.
Bird's eye view of Greenwich Village, facing towards the skyline of Lower Manhattan
453–461 Sixth Avenue in the Historic District
MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
The intersection of West 4th and West 12th Streets