Grand Dominion Jazz Band Button
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content: Levin, Floyd
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content: p>This button is from the Grand Dominion Jazz Band. It is made of white paper with blue, red and black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button. The button is printed:</p>
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content: <p>GRAND DOMINION<br>JAZZ BAND</p>
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content: <p>The Grand Dominion Jazz Band was formed by Welsh-Canadian banjoist Mike Cox, in 1982. Inspired by the “traditional jazz” bands of Britain, the band features music of New Orleans Dixieland jazz. The band is comprised of musicians from Canada and the United States.</p>
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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>
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content: Currently not on view
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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: 2011.3086.164
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content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.164
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content: button
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm