Cheryl Stephens' Vintage Jazz Band Button: Museum Object and Cultural History
Cheryl Stephens' Vintage Jazz Band Button: date made: United States. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
The object in the museum catalogue
This button is from Cheryl Stephens’ Vintage Jazz Band. It is made of white paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:
Cheryl Stephens (1948-2017) was a vocalist and leader of her own band. She was best known as the vocalist with the Desert City 6 and as the leader of her band, Cheryl Stephens’ Vintage Jazz Band. In 1973, Stephens started her career as a vocalist in a Country & Western trio. By 1975, she was introduced to Dixieland and traditional Jazz and subsequently began performing in that genre. Stephens performed at Jazz festivals throughout the United States and Europe.
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: United States
- user: Levin, Floyd
- Object Name: button
- Object Name: badge
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in; x 6.0325 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 2011.3086.167
- nonaccession number: 2011.3086
- catalog number: 2011.3086.167
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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