Flip Phillips' 80th Birthday Party Medallion
Flip Phillips' 80th Birthday Party Medallion
- Description
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This medallion is from the Flip Phillips 80th birthday party, in 1995. It is made of gold tone plastic with red and black ink. There is a metal loop at the top of the medallion with remnants of a hanging fabric strip. The medallion is printed:
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MARCH 24-26, 1995
FLIP
PHILLIPS'
80th
BIRTHDAY
PARTY
[image of Flip Phillips] -
Flip Phillips, born Joseph Edward Filipelli (1915-2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.
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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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medallion
- date made
- 1995
- user
- Levin, Floyd
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in; x 6.985 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.3086.079
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3086
- catalog number
- 2011.3086.079
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucille Levin
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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