Rare funeral program for the owner and founder of the famed Village Vanguard, MAX GORDON, from May 21, 1989. Gordon, 1903 - 1989, opened the club in 1935, and since then it has hosted numerous Jazz legends, including Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Roy Eldridge, Sidney Bechet, The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (later the Vanguard Jazz Orch.), and countless others! Program featured tributes from Nat Hentoff, Max Roach, Rev. John Garcia Gensel, and others.