Floyd Levin

Floyd Levin
Floyd Levin
	Floyd Levin with Louis Armstrong
Born	(1922-09-24)September 24, 1922
Died	January 29, 2007(2007-01-29) (aged 84)
Occupation	journalist, historian
Subject	Jazz

Floyd Levin (September 24, 1922 – January 29, 2007) was an American jazz historian and writer whose articles were published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, American Rag, and Metronome.¹

He received several awards for his work, including the Leonard Feather Communicator Award, given annually by the Los Angeles Jazz Society. He is the author of Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians, which chronicled his first-hand encounters with many jazz musicians such as: Benny Carter, Barney Bigard, Artie Shaw, James P. Johnson and Louis Armstrong.²³

Levin was instrumental in raising the funds for the statue of Louis Armstrong in Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans.¹

References

"Floyd Levin, 84; influential jazz journalist and historian" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
"Classic Jazz". Ucpress.edu.
Levin, Floyd (April 30, 2002). Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520234635 – via Google Books.

External links

Floyd Levin NAMM Oral History Interview (2002)

Floyd Levin Archival Collection Finding Aid

[lat-1] "Floyd Levin, 84; influential jazz journalist and historian" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

[2] "Classic Jazz". Ucpress.edu.

[3] Levin, Floyd (April 30, 2002). Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520234635 – via Google Books.

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