D'Lugoff, Art (1924-). Childhood: Brooklyn, New York; Army Air Force service World War II; BA English literature and political science New York University; early musical interests; newspaper reporting jobs in California and New York City 1950s; Greenwich Village 1950s; Beat movement; public relations Electrical Workers' Union; Circle in the Square Theatre midnight jazz series organizer 1955; Brook lyn Academy of Music jazz series organizer 1956; musician manager; concert producer; Village Gate nightclub on Bleecker Street owner 1958-1994; booking jazz, blues, folk, Latin, and satirical shows, cabaret card abolishment, integrated audiences, organized crime influence on business, nightclub business decisions, live album recordings; WRVR radio station interview show 1970s; music business changes 1950s-1990s; Village Gate at 52nd Street opening 1996; musicians and colleagues reminiscences
Businessmen; Concert agents--New York (State); Nightclubs--New York (State); Nightclubs--Management; Jazz--New York (State); Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.); D'Lugoff, Art; Village Gate (Nightclub)
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1996
Note (Biographical)
Nightclub owner
Note
Interviewed by: Christiane Bird on September 30 and November 16, 1996 in New York City
Digitized from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries