Floyd Levin
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 Floyd Levin with Louis Armstrong |
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| Born | September 24, 1922 |
| Died | January 29, 2007 |
| Occupation | journalist, historian |
| Subjects | Jazz |
Floyd Levin (September 24, 1922 - January 29, 2007) was a jazz historian and writer who has been published in many magazines, including Down Beat, Jazz Journal International and American Rag. He has 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 chronicles his first-hand encounters with many jazz musicians such as: Benny Carter, Barney Bigard, Artie Shaw,James P. Johnson and Louis Armstrong.
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