Jazz Club of Sarasota Button

Description:

This button is from the Jazz Club of Sarasota, Florida, in 1991. It made of gold-tone plastic with black lettering. There is evidence of a straight-style pin back. The button is printed:

PATRON
the [image of trumpet] jazz club
of Sarasota
1991

The Jazz Club of Sarasota was founded by retired advertising executive Hal Davis. The club started as a casual get-together of jazz enthusiasts listening to music in the home of Hal and Evelyn Davis. By 1980, the club held its first concert featuring American jazz guitarist John Paul “Bucky” Pizzarelli (1926-2020) and his son John. The Jazz Club continued to expand its scope and reach to include a yearly program of concerts and lectures as well as school residency and scholarship programs.

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.

Date Made: 1991

User: Levin, Floyd

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Florida, Sarasota

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Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2011.3086.082Nonaccession Number: 2011.3086Catalog Number: 2011.3086.082

Object Name: button

Physical Description: ink (overall material)plastic (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 5/8 in; x 6.6675 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8765-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1421024

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