Boston Jazz Society Button
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content: Levin, Floyd
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content: <p>This button is from the Boston Jazz Society, in Boston, Massachusetts. 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>
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content: <p>BOSTON JAZZ SOCIETY, INC.<br>JAZZ<br>IS<br>ALIVE</p>
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content: <p>The Boston Jazz Society, born from a group of jazz enthusiasts to keep “Jazz alive” in New England, was founded in 1973. Inspired by the Left Bank Jazz Society of Baltimore, the Boston Jazz Society began by producing jazz concerts at several venues in the Boston area. The society would expand into exhibitions, media productions, and Jazz education programs for grade school students. In 1975, the society started a scholarship program, raising funds for young Jazz musicians to attend the New England Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music. The Boston Jazz Society, Inc. adjourned in 2015.</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
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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: 2011.3086.143
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content: 2011.3086
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content: 2011.3086.143
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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: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm