The Total Jazz Experience Badge: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This badge is from The Total Jazz Experience Conference sponsored by The American Federation of Jazz Societies (AFJS) in Studio City, California, in 1994. It is a rectangular card with a purple background and black ink, encapsulated in a plastic sleeve, with a straight-style pin back. The card is printed:

KANSAS CITY THE TOTAL JAZZ EXPERIENCE AMBASSADORS LUCILLE LEVIN STUDIO CITY, CA AMERICAN FEDERATION OF JAZZ SOCIETIES 1994.

The American Federation of Jazz Societies (AFJS) was formed in 1985 to enable communication among international and national jazz societies, festivals, and presenters. The organization publishes a quarterly newsletter Federation Jazz, as well as other publications on jazz production, promotion, and education for the jazz community. Its central office is in Sacramento, California.

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: 1994
• user: Levin, Floyd
• Object Name: badge
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 8.89 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles, Studio City
• ID Number: 2011.3086.062
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.062
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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