Lorraine Gordon was born on 15 October 1922 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Max Gordon and Alfred Lion. She died on 9 June 2018 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Jazz impresario, she was the wife of Alfred Lion, founder of Blue Note Records and for 40 years the wife of Max Gordon . She became the owner of their jazz club the Village Vanguard. She got the Jazz Masters award in 2012.