Arbors Records March of Jazz Medallion
date: label: date made
content: 1997
name: label: user
content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This medallion is from Arbors Records in Clearwater, Florida. It is made of cast brass with a metal ring. This medallion commemorates the birthdays of Arbors recording artists Jerry Jerome, Joe Bushkin, Bob Haggart, Dick Hyman, Red Norvo, Flip Phillips, and Bob Wilber. The front is cast:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>1997<br>HAPPY<br>85TH<br>JERRY<br>JEROME<br>arbors<br>JAZZ<br>THE<br>MARCH<br>OF<br>JAZZ</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(cast on the back):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Happy<br>Birthday to:<br>Joe Bushkin,<br>Bob Haggart,<br>Dick Hyman<br>Red Norvo<br>Flip Phillips<br>and Bob Wilber</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Arbors Records is an independent label founded by Mat and Rachel Domber in Clearwater, Florida, in 1989. The label focuses on swing music and Dixieland jazz, and later added contemporary and classic jazz to its roster.</ 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>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Florida, Clearwater
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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: 2011.3086.101
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medallion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm