Festa New Orleans Music Ascona Badge: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This badge is from the JazzAscona festival in Ascona, Switzerland. It is made of blue paper with black ink, laminated in plastic, with a straight-style pin back. The badge is printed:

JazzAscona was founded by Hannes Anrig in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1975. The festival moved to Ascona, Switzerland in 1985 and has become one of the highly esteemed international events dedicated to classic jazz and New Orleans’ music, food and culture.

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

• user: Levin, Floyd
• Object Name: badge
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.0325 cm
• place made: Switzerland
• ID Number: 2011.3086.126
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.126
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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