The March of Jazz Medallion: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This medallion is from Arbors Records in Clearwater, Florida. It is a round clear plastic disc with a smaller disc attached to each side. There is an image of Flip Phillips on the reverse side. The obverse is printed:

CELEBRATING FLIP PHILLIPS' 85TH BIRTHDAY THE MARCH OF JAZZ 2000

Flip Phillips, born Joseph Edward Filipelli (1915-2001), was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.

Arbors Records is an independent label founded by Mat and Rachel Domber in Clearwater, Florida, in 1989. The label focuses on swing music and Dixieland jazz, and has added contemporary and classic jazz to its roster.

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: 2000
• user: Levin, Floyd
• Object Name: medallion
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 3 5/16 in; x 8.41375 cm
• place made: United States: Florida, Clearwater
• ID Number: 2011.3086.104
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.104
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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