Music & Musical Instruments

Oak Ridge Quartet. side 1: Get on Board Little Chillun'; side 2: I Can Tell You the Time (Capitol 48024), from the album, Songs from the Grand Ole Opry (Capitol AD 86).
78 rpm.

The cover art for this album was made by Carlos Andreson. Andreson, also as Anderson, (1905-1978) was an American painter, lithographer, and teacher. A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Andreson studied at the University of Utah, then subsequently in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Berlin. In 1933, Andreson returned to the United States, creating paintings and drawings of early pioneer life for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and teaching at Utah Arts Center. After the start of WWII, Anderson was commissioned by Abbott Laboratories to paint medical subjects at the stateside Naval hospitals. Andreson moved to San Francisco after the war where he produced artwork for the Oakland Army Base.

Charlie Barnett, Benny Carter, Dodo Marmarosa, Irving Ashby, Jackie Mills, Vic Dickenson, Red Callender, Chuck Peterson. side 1: Perdido [part 1]; side 2: Perdido [part 2]) (Modern 20-660).
78 rpm

This pressing is from a live recording in the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California on April 29, 1947 of a Just Jazz concert presented by American impresario, Gene Norman.

This button is from the California Rhythm Kings. It is made of white paper with purple and red ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a straight-style pin back. The button is printed:

I [red heart] California
Rhythm
Kings
(408) 427-2641

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

various artists. side 1: One O'Clock Jump; side 2: Two O'Clock Jump (Modern 20-641), from the album, Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz.
78 rpm.

This pressing is from a live recording in the Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California on April 29, 1947 of a Just Jazz concert presented by American impresario, Gene Norman.

This button is from the Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee Jazz Festival, in 1988. The button is a made of light blue paper with black and red ink covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

DIXIELAND JUBILEE
15th ANNIVERSARY 1988
Sacramento

The Sacramento Music Festival (formerly the Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee) was an annual event held every Memorial Day weekend in Sacramento, California. Organized by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, the festival was launched in 1974 and presented its final festival in 2017.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This Patron badge is from the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival, in 1989. The button is a made of light blue paper with black and red lettering covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. There is a purple ribbon attached to the back of the button. The button is printed:

LOS ANGELES AIRPORT MARRIOTT
LOS ANGELES
CLASSIC
JAZZ
FESTIVAL
1989
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT HILTON

(the ribbon is printed):

PATRON

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This button is from the Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee festival, in 1974. It is a made of white paper with red ink covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. The center has a rectangular cut-out for inserting a nametag. The button is printed and handwritten:

OLD SACRAMENTO
'74
LEVIN
TABLE A-1
DIXIE LAND JUBILEE

The Sacramento Music Festival (formerly the Old Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee) was an annual event held every Memorial Day weekend in Sacramento, California. Organized by the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society, the festival was launched in 1974 and presented its final festival in 2017.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This button is from The Fresno Dixieland Society Mardi Gras festival in Fresno, California, in 2000. It is a made of white paper with multi-color printing covered with a clear film, on a round metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

MARDI GRAS 2000
[image of jester]
"LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!" Fresno Dixieland Society

The Fresno Dixieland Society sponsors an annual weekend-long Mardi Gras festival with parades, performances, and dances featuring traditional jazz. The festival is held at several venues throughout Fresno.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This button is from The Great American Dixieland Jazz Festival in San Diego, in 1988. It is a made of light blue paper with dark blue and orange ink covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. There is an image of clarinet and trumpet players on the front. The button is printed:

THE GREAT AMERICAN
DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL
SAN DIEGO
1988

The non-profit organization, America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society (AFCDJS) in San Diego, California, held its first Great American Dixieland Jazz Festival, in 1979. The festival now known as The San Diego Jazz Fest & Swing Extravaganza is held every Thanksgiving weekend. The organization supports the San Diego traditional jazz community with monthly concerts, education programs, publication of a newsletter, an adult traditional Jazz camp, and a lending library of small band music.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This drum was made by Remo in Valencia, California, in 1999.

It is a Remo Signature Series conga drum with 13 1/2 inch head, with stylized images of fish, birds, and other small icons around body. This drum is autographed by Mexican American conguero (conga player), Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer, Poncho Sánchez.

This badge is from the Costa Mesa Classic Jazz Orange County Festival. It is made of white paper with multi-color ink, laminated in plastic. There is a gold cord attached to the top of the badge. The badge is printed:

PATRON
Floyd Levin
Costa Mesa
Classic
Jazz
Orange County
Festival

The Orange County Classic Jazz Festival, Inc. was formed in Costa Mesa, California, in 1995. It is a non-profit organization that supports a yearly weekend of concerts of Traditional Jazz from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

Bob Scobey's Frisco Band. Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, Volume 1 (Good Times Jazz L-22).
33-1/3 rpm. Tracks for this album were recorded in 1953. This album was released in 1954.

The cover art for this album was made by Edward R. Renfro (1924-1912). Renfro was an American artist and illustrator best known for his illustrations for children’s books. His scope of work also includes advertising art, album covers, magazines, and television.

This button is from the Palm Springs Classic Jazz Festival in Palm Springs, California. It is made of speckled silver paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

PALM SPRINGS
international [in drawing of trumpet with palm trees]
CLASSIC JAZZ

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This button is from The Fresno Dixieland Society Mardi Gras festival in Fresno, California, in 1995. It is a made of light purple paper with black printing covered with a clear film, on a round metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

Fresno
Dixieland Society's
10th Annual
Mardi
Gras
'94
Friday

The Fresno Dixieland Society sponsors an annual weekend-long Mardi Gras festival with parades, performances, and dances featuring traditional jazz. The festival is held at several venues throughout Fresno.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This badge is from Jan Scobey’s Hot Dixieland Jazzbash in Santa Rosa, California, in 1991. It is a rectangular card with white background and blue and red ink, encapsulated in plastic, with a pin back. The badge is printed:

Saturday
Dec. 7
Sunday
Dec. 8
JAN SCOBEY'S
HOT
DIXIELAND
JAZZBASH
THE GREAT BRASS TRIAD
TURK MURPHY
DEC. 1915
LU WATTERS
DEC. 19, 1911
BOB SCOBEY
DEC. 1916.

Jan Scobey was the wife of American jazz trumpeter Robert Scobey Jr. (1916-1963). Jan Scobey penned a biography, He Rambled!, about the career of her husband, which was published in 1976. This badge is from a weekend event she produced featuring the music of bandmates and colleagues Bob Scobey, Turk Murphy, and Lu Watters.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This button is from the “Dixieland Jubilee by the Sea” festival, in 1978. It is made of yellow paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

1978
DIXIELAND
JUBILEE
BY THE SEA
[image of stylized trumpet]
PISMO BEACH, CALIF.

Founded in 1976, ”Dixieland Jubilee by the Sea” is an annual three-day festival held in Pismo Beach and Grover Beach, California. It is sponsored by the Basin Street Regulars, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional jazz. The organization holds monthly meetings and concerts at Pismo Beach Memorial Veterans’ Hall. The organization also provides opportunities for young musicians to play alongside experienced musicians, as well as scholarships to jazz music camps for young jazz musicians.

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

This Patron badge is from the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival, in 1996. It is made of gold colored paper with black lettering, encapsulated in plastic. The badge is printed:

13th Annual
LOS ANGELES
CLASSIC
JAZZ
FESTIVAL
1996
PATRON

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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.