Conversation so far:
Who was Lorraine Gordon?
Monk to Lorraine Gordon and her first husband, Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records.
Who introduced them?
Ike Quebec introduced Monk to Lorraine Gordon.
Did he join Blue Note Records after that?
Shortly after meeting Gordon and Lion, Monk made his first recordings as the Coleman Hawkins Quartet leader for Blue Note.
Did he and Lorraine start dating?
Monk married Nellie Smith the same year.

Question: How else was Lorraine Gordon important to him?
Self-contained rewrite: Besides helping join Blue Note Records, how else was Lorraine Gordon important to Thelonious Monk?