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.
How else was Lorraine Gordon important to him?
Gordon preached his genius to the jazz world with unrelenting passion.

Question: How did she get him noticed?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Lorraine Gordon get Thelonious Monk noticed?