[Dixielandjazz] Floyd Levin - Services

[Stan Brager]

The services for Floyd Levin will be held at the Mount Sinai Mortuary in the
Hollywood Hills on Friday, February 2 at 3 PM. The services will be open to
the public.

For directions to Mount Sinai Hollywood Hills, go:

www.mt-sinai.com/directions

If you can't be there, stop and take a moment to reflect on Floyd Levin.

Stan
Stan Brager
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Below is Floyd's obituary from the L.A. Daily News:

Floyd Levin, born September 24, 1922, left us on January 29, 2007. Floyd was
a prominent Jazz historian and author who conducted scores of oral history
interviews for the Smithsonian Institution and the Jazz Archive at Tulane
University.

Floyd Levin produced numerous jazz albums and has composed lyrics for
several songs that have been recorded by internationally known jazz artists
and was a member of A.S.C.A.P. His composition, "Costa Mesa, U.S.A." was
adopted as their official song by the city of Costa Mesa, California in
2005.

Floyd Levin created the international fund drive that resulted in the
construction of the statue of Louis Armstrong that stands in Armstrong Park
in New Orleans, LA.

Floyd Levin and his wife of 65 years, Lucille, were honored in 1985 as the
Grand Emperor and Empress of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. In 1995, the
American Federation of Musicians, Local 47, named him an honorary member,
"for his dedication to and promotion of, musicians and live music." In 1996,
the Los Angeles Jazz Society presented him with their Leonard Feather
Communicator Award.

Floyd Levin's book, "Classic Jazz - A personal view of the music and the
musicians" was published in 2000.

Floyd Levin is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lucille, his son and
daughter-in-law Dennis and Susan, his grandson and his wife, Marc and Stacey
and his great-granddaughter, Sydney Ashton Levin.

For funeral service information, please contact Mt. Sinai at 800-600-0076.

Visit www.FloydLevin.com to leave your memories of Floyd and condolences for
the Levin Family.