Bull Moose Party Band Button
Bull Moose Party Band Button
- Description
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This button is from the Bull Moose Party Band (BMPB). It is made of yellow paper with black and red ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:
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I
[red heart]
BMPB
[caricature of a moose]
BULL MOOSE PARTY BAND -
The [New] Bull Moose Party Band was formed in the Log Angeles area, in 1979. The band performed Dixieland and traditional Jazz releasing two records in the 1980s. BMPS continued to perform at traditional Jazz festivals until the mid-1980s.
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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
- badge
- button
- date made
- early 1980s
- user
- Levin, Floyd
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.3086.142
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3086
- catalog number
- 2011.3086.142
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucille Levin
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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