Colorado Jazz Party Button

Object Details

Description

This button is from Dick Gibson’s Jazz Party, held at various venues in Colorado since its inception in 1963. The button is a round metal straight-pin back button with a blue front and white and black text. These buttons were given to all Jazz Party goers as admission tickets and to simplify the billing for food and beverages. The button is printed:

GIBSON
[image of trumpet]
M 2
JAZZ

Dick Gibson, a Denver businessman, sponsored the first Colorado Jazz Party in 1963 as a means to reinvigorate the jazz scene in Colorado. These private gatherings brought together musicians and fans from all over the world in an intimate setting of weekend-long jam sessions. Initially hosted at the Jerome Hotel in Aspen, the Jazz Party became an annual event, moving to the Broadmoor Hotel, a resort located high in the mountains above Colorado Springs, then to Denver. This Jazz Party format has since inspired multiple other jazz parties throughout the United States.

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Credit Line

Gift of Hilma Carter

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm

Object Name

button