About Floyd Levin
Lived 1922 – 2007 (aged 84). Floyd Levin was an American historian and music historian.
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.
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.
Levin was instrumental in raising the funds for the statue of Louis Armstrong in Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans.
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Who was Floyd Levin?
American historian (1922-2007)
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Floyd Levin was born on 24 September 1922.
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Floyd Levin died on 29 January 2007.
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Floyd Levin was a historian and music historian.
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Floyd Levin was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Floyd Levin. https://biography.guide/floyd-levin/
MLA: "Floyd Levin." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/floyd-levin/.
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