Bash 87 Button
date: label: date made
content: 1987
name: label: user
content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This button is from the Bash Festival in Orange County, California, in 1987. It is made of white paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>THE ANNUAL ORANGE COUNTY MUSICIAN'S FESTIVAL<br>AT THE NEWPORTER RESORT - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 1987<br>the<br>Bash<br>87</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The “Bash” is a limited series honoring jazz legends who have made an impact on the community in and around Orange County. The series is supported by the Musicians’ Club of Orange County, a non-profit organization to promote music and musicians by presenting concerts and fund-raising events for The Musicians Relief Fund and encourage young developing music students through scholarships.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Floyd Levin (1922-2007) was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. His numerous reviews, profiles, and articles were published in magazines such as <i>Down Beat</i>, <i>Jazz Journal International</i>, <i>Metronome</i>, and <i>American Rag</i>. He also authored <i>Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians</i>. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Newport Beach
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucille Levin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.3086.019
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; x .635 cm x 5.715 cm