Floyd Levin
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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.[2][3]
Levin was instrumental in raising the funds for the statue of Louis Armstrong in Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans.[1]
References
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- ↑ a b "Floyd Levin, 84; influential jazz journalist and historian" Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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External links
- Floyd Levin NAMM Oral History Interview (2002)
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