Jazz at the Riviera Button

Description:

This button is from “Jazz at the Riviera” weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1989. It is made of red paper with white ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

IT'S PARTY TIME!
"JAZZ
AT
THE
RIVIERA"
LAS VEGAS, NEV.
DEC 8-10, 1989.

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.