IVillage Vanguard, eboniswe ngasentla ngo-1976, ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-80 yasungulwa ngeCawa, kaFebruwari 22, 2015. ( Ifoto: Creative Commons )Ngokunyanisekileyo kwe-Village Vanguard Ngabo nabuphi na ubusuku, umntu unokuhlaukubhabha kwamanyathelo obukrelekrele akhokelela kwiklabhu engaphantsi emnyama yeVillage Vanguard, eneendonga eziluhlaza eziluhlaza kunye nezinye izinto zokuhombisa ezihleli zingatshintshanga amashumi eminyaka, kwaye ziziva zinxibelelene ngokunzulu nesixeko kwaye zisuswe ngokupheleleyo kuso.
Ibizwa ngokuba yiCamelot yamagumbi ejezi, iCarnegie Hall yaseCool kunye neklabhu ye-bohemian Village, kodwa ngaphandle kokufana, iVanguard yenye yeziko laseNew York elingcwele- njengeGrand Central Oyster Bar okanye, ngaloo nto , IGrand Central ngokwayo — kubonakala ngathi ibisoloko ikho.
Ngale Cawa, iVanguard, neklabhu yejezi indala esixekweni, iza kugqiba iminyaka engama-80. Ukubhiyozela lo msitho, umdlali wepiyano uJason Moran wenza intetho Umtya weekonsathi weveki nganye , eqhuba ngoMatshi 10-15, oko kungqina imbali yeklabhu etyebileyo. Kuza kubakho imidlalo yepiyano eyedwa, ukufundwa kwemibongo, umdlalo ohlekisayo kunye nokuhlwa okunikezelwe kumculo weThelonious Monk, phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Ayikho enye indawo kwiplanethi apho ii-greats ezininzi zadlala iminyaka emininzi, kwaye yenye yezo ngxelo ezibonakala ngathi ziyi-hyperbole, kodwa akunjalo, utshilo uLoren Schoenberg, umlawuli wezobugcisa kwi-National Jazz Museum eHarlem. Ngokwenene kuphela kwesilinganiso sokucaphula indawo engcwele eseleyo kwijazz- ixesha.
Tyena iVanguard, iZelig yeeklabhu zasebusuku zaseNew York, unikele ubungqina kwabanye babadlali ababalaseleyo kwimbali yolonwabo lwaseMelika. Yavulwa ngo-1935 UMax Gordon , umphambukeli waseLithuania kunye ne-impresario, ekuqaleni yayisebenza kwisithethe se-cabaret yaseViennese kunye nendlu yemibongo, equkethe izinto ezifana noMaxwell Bodenheim noJoe Gould, ichazwe ngu into evanithi ngokuthambile njengembongi ye-bohemian notywala. 
USonny Rollins, ngo-1974, orekhode i-albhamu yokuqala epheleleyo, ebukhoma kwi-club ye-jazz yaseMax Gordon's Greenwich Village.
Njengokuba ikhula yaba luhlobo lwesitya sokulinga, iVanguard ibonakalise uluhlu lweemotley zabaculi bendabuko kunye neeblues ezinje ngeNkokeli yeBelly, uWoody Guthrie kunye noRichard Dyer-Bennett, bejonga i-ethos yeCafe Wha? kunye nokuphela kobukrakra kwisizukulwana. Kwakunabahlekisi abanjengoIrwin Corey, uLenny Bruce kunye noWoody Allen kwaye baqala imisebenzi kaJudy Holliday noHarry Belafonte, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi. (Andikayithandi inkaba yakhe etyhiliweyo, i-curmudgeonly Gordon ubhale Mnu. Belafonte kwimemo yakhe ka-1982, Hlala kwilali yaseVanguard , nangona wayelamkele ilizwi lakhe.)
Ngo-1957, iklabhu yatshintsha uluhlu lwayo (ubukhulu becala) kumdlalo wejazz, obonisa uJohn Coltrane, uMiles Davis, uCharles Mingus, uCecil Taylor kunye noBill Evans, nangona bekukho iminyhadala engaphandle. UDick Alpert (aka Ram Daas) wabamba i-psychedelic sit-in ngo-1965 apho uninzi lwabathengi lwaluzimela nge-LSD, nto leyo eyamcaphukisa uGordon.
Yayilikhaya, kwaye sonke sasiqhelene, utshilo u-saxophonist u-Sonny Rollins, orekhode Ubude obugcweleyo, ialbhamu ephathekayo kwiklabhu. Kwakukho umfana apho ogama linguElton-ndiyamkhumbula, wenza ezona hamburger zibalaseleyo emhlabeni.
Nangona iklabhu ingasasebenzi ngokutya kwaye ikhitshi liguqulwe laba yi-ofisi, ayitshintshanga kangako malunga neVanguard, ii-awning ebomvu ebomvu ejinga ecaleni kwendlela efana nebhakana yozinzo kwindawo ehlala ivakala ngathi palimpsest ngokwayo.
IVanguardunayoyahlala intle kakhulu ingenakonakala ngorhwebo kwaye ayikhange ibonakale ngathi iyaxhamla kubaxhasi bayo, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba ikhona ngaphandle kokuphuma nokuhamba kobomi beLali, ihleli njengoko isenza kwindlela. (Nangona imigca yabakhenkethi baseJapan nabaseJamani inokufumana ubunzima.)
Inye into entle kukuba, kuyo yonke le minyaka, babenobulumko bokungadibanisi nayo, utshilo umdlali wepiyano uFred Hersch. Ndiyayithanda iVanguard ngokucoceka kwayo.
Umnumzana Hersch ubedlala kwiklabhu ukusukela kwiminyaka yokugqibela yama-70 kwaye uza kudlala yedwa kwimibhiyozo kaMatshi. Abanye abadlali bazakubandakanya iimbongi uElizabeth Alexander noYusef Komunyakaa; Abahlekisi uMarina Franklin noKeith Robinson; kunye noCharles Lloyd Quartet, kwinkangeleko enqabileyo yeklabhu, ephethe uMnu Moran, Reuben Rogers kunye no-Eric Harland.
Abo bangazange babekho banokujonga phambili kungekuphela nje kukuziva kwabo okuyinyani kodwa kunye negumbi layo elahlukileyo, elimile okweqanda-kunye ne-acoustics, ethi iimvumi kunye nabaphulaphuli abayaziyo bathi ayinakubethwa. I-clarinetist u-Anat Cohen, orekhode icwecwe lokuphila Apho, kuchazwe isandi segumbi njengonaphakade.
Unayo iveki yokuqhelana nesandi, kwaye yonke imihla yakhela kwinto oyenzileyo kusuku lokuqala, enceda kakhulu ukuphuhlisa ingoma, UNks Cohen utshilo. Iingoma zithatha ubume begumbi, kunye nesandi sezixhobo-yinto yendalo, yenza umculo ukhule nje. Unokuvumela umculo ukuba ube yile nto ufuna ukuba yiyo.
Xa uMax Gordon wasweleka ngo-1989, unkosikazi wakhe, unamehlo okhozi ULorraine Gordon Ngoku uneminyaka engama-92. Ubaleka iklabhu kunye nentombi yakhe, uDeborah, kunye nomphathi wexesha elide, uJed Eisenman, kwaye unokufumaneka nakweyiphi na inkundla ebambe ubusuku ngasemva kwegumbi.
Uluhlu ngokubanzi lubonakalisa ukuthanda kukaNks Gordon, kwaye zibanzi, zibonisa ukutya okufana noBarry Harris, uBill Charlap kunye noKenny Barron kunye nabadlali abanomdla njengoJohn Zorn, uCraig Taborn kunye nabathathu ababi ngakumbi. irekhodi lokuqala lokuthengiselana njengesiphumo sokusebenza kweVanguard -indlela yokuhamba yeemvumi zejazz zaseNew York.
Ngaphandle kokubaluleka kwayo kwinkcubeko yelali kunye nesixeko ngokubanzi, iVanguard, eyaqala ukuvula eCharles Street ngo-1934 kodwa yafudukela kwiSeventh Avenue kunyaka olandelayo, apho ihleli khona, ihlala ingabhaliswanga. UNks Gordon uzamile ukuphawula izinto ezingaphakathi, watsho phantsi, ngokokutsho kwentombi yakhe-okuthetha into enye: Yiya apho ngeli xesha usenakho.
Lelona gumbi lomculo wejazz elinobugqi ehlabathini, utshilo uGary Giddins, owaqala ukuya rhoqo eVanguard ngo-1964, ene-ID engeyiyo, kwaye kubhaliwe Imiboniso engenakubalwa apho njengomgxeki we-jazz wexesha elide Ilizwi leLali . Ngokwenene yiholo yekonsathi ene-bourbon, kwaye yintoni enokuba ngcono kunaleyo?
