Jane Jarvis Jazz Invitational Button
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: user
content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This button is from the Jane Jarvis Jazz Invitational festival in Tampa, Florida, in 1995. It is a made of white paper with black and red printing covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>First Annual<br>Jane Jarvis Jazz<br>INVITATIONAL<br>Tampa, Florida<br>November 3,4,5<br>1995<br>6</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Jane Jarvis (1915-2010) was an American jazz pianist, also known for her work as the organist for the New York Mets and as programming executive for Muzak. In 1978, Jarvis pursued a career in jazz, performing with Helen Humes, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, and Milt Hinton. In 1994 she became a member of the group, The Statesmen of Jazz, appearing in the video <i>Statesmen of Jazz</i> filmed that same year. In 1995 Jarvis was honored by the inauguration of the Jane Jarvis Invitational Jazz Festival in Tampa, Florida.</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: Florida, Tampa
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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: 2011.3086.075
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.075
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in; x 7.9375 cm