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Beat the Monday Blues
Mondays at the Village Vanguard still unbeatable
The Village Vanguard offers a remedy to the dreadful Monday blues: a weekly concert at the Vanguard in Greenwich Village. The orchestra was started under the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, which began playing at the Vanguard club in 1966. Known as the jazz Mecca, the Vanguard might as well be the Holy Land for the jazz genre. The Greats such as Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk are just a few who have left their musical talents behind for the latest generation to bask in. Such musical influence is notably still alive in this notorious Greenwich Village locale. The Vanguard club itself has lasted over seventy years; at its opening as a club poetry and folk music were featured, but jazz was the only entertainment that lasted.
Its triangular architecture is said to improve the sound, whether it aids the musical talent, well we have a Grammy to prove it. Along the angled walls are portraits of those who have shared their musical ability in the club, including Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon.
Decades later the orchestra has been awarded with a Grammy in 2009 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble, getting better with age. The group has released over a hundred albums and we can only hope for another hundred more. If you wish to be in the presence of such an ensemble, you have an opportunity every Monday!
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