Finalists for the 2003 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2003 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, to be awarded at a ceremony on May 31, 2003, during its annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additional information about the annual conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence can be found at www.arsc-audio.org.
Begun in 1991, the awards are given to authors of books, articles or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the contributions of these individuals and aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards and to promote readership of their work. A maximum of two awards are presented annually in each category, for best history and best discography. Awards are presented to both the authors and publishers of winning publications.
Winners are chosen by an ARSC Awards Committee consisting of five elected judges representing specific fields of study in addition to the editor of the ARSC Journal and the President of ARSC. The 2003 ARSC Awards Committee consists of the following:
David Hamilton (doctoral faculty, The Juilliard School; an authority on classical music research)
Dan Morgenstern (Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University; an authority on jazz.)
Richard Spottswood (record producer, author and broadcaster; an authority on folk, country, and ethnic music)
William L. Schurk (sound recordings archivist, Bowling Green State University; an authority on popular music)
Virginia Danielson (Richard F. French Librarian, Harvard University; an authority on ethnic and world music)
James Farrington (President of ARSC)
Barry Ashpole (Editor of the ARSC Journal)
The following research, published in 2002, has been nominated:
Best Research in Recorded Popular Music
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, by Mark Allan Powell (Hendrickson Publishers)
Stardust Melody: the Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael, by Richard M. Sudhalter (Oxford University Press)
Stardust Melodies: the Biography of Twelve of America’s Most Popular Songs, by Will Friedwald (Pantheon Books)
Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music, by Colin Escott (Routledge)
Best Research in Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music
Lalo: My Life and Music, by Lalo Guerrero and Sherilyn Mentes (University of Arizona Press)
Reggae & Caribbean Music, by Dave Thompson (Backbeat Books)
Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century, by Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. (Texas A & M University Press)
The City of Musical Memory: Salsa, Record Grooves, and Popular Culture in Cali, Colombia, by Lise Waxer (Wesleyan University Press)
Harry Choates: Devil in the Bayou, by Andy Brown (notes to Bear Family CD set)
Sam Manning: the Complete Output, 1924-1930, vols. 1 & 2, by John Cowley and Steve Shapiro (notes to Jazz Oracle CD set)
Best Research in Recorded Country Music
Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone?:the Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music, by Mark Zwonitzer and Charles Hirshberg (Simon & Schuster)
Country Music Sources: A Biblio-Discography of Commercially Recorded Traditional Music, by Guthrie T. Meade, Richard K. Spottswood, and Douglas S. Meade (Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries in Association with the John Edwards Memorial Forum)
Singing in the Saddle: the History of the Singing Cowboy, by Douglas B. Green (Country Music Foundation Press and Vanderbilt University Press)
Blue Moon of Kentucky: Bill Monroe, 1936-1949, by Charles Wolfe (notes to Bear Family CD set)
Best Research in Recorded Classical Music
The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral, by Blanche Arral; trans. by Ira Glackens; ed. by William R. Moran (Amadeus Press)
The Composer-Pianists: Hamelin and The Eight, by Robert Rimm (Amadeus Press)
George Crumb: a Bio-Bibliography, by David Cohen (Greenwood Press)
Vladimir de Pachmann: a Piano Virtuoso’s Life and Art, by Mark Mitchell (Indiana University Press)
Caruso Records: a History and Discography, by John Richard Bolig (Mainspring Press)
Emanuel Feuermann, by Annette Morreau (Yale University Press)
Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul
Jimi Hendrix and the Making of Are You Experienced, by Sean Egan (A Cappella)
Every Sound There Is: the Beatles’ Revolver and the Transformation of Rock and Roll, by Russell Reising (Ashgate)
Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection, by Deanna R. Adams (Kent State University Press)
Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001, by Scott Allen Nollen (McFarland)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man: The Life of Chuck Berry, by Bruce Pegg (Routledge)
The ‘Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop, by Murray Forman (Wesleyan University Press)
Best Research in Recorded Jazz
Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music, by Stephanie Stein Crease (A Cappella)
Bill Evans: Everything Happens To Me—A Musical Biography, by Keith Shadwick (Backbeat Books)
Rat Race Blues: the Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, by Noal Cohen and Michael Fitzgerald (Berkeley Hills Books)
A Jazz Odyssey: the Life of Oscar Peterson, by Oscar Peterson; ed. by Richard Palmer (Continuum)
Roy Eldridge, Little Jazz Giant, by John Chilton (Continuum)
Castles Made of Sound: the Story of Gil Evans, by Larry Hicock (Da Capo Press)
Charlie Barnet: An Illustrated Biography and Discography of the Swing Era Big Band Leader, by Dan Mather (McFarland)
Something to Live For: the Music of Billy Strayhorn, by Walter van de Leur (Oxford University Press)
A Love Supreme: the Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album, by Ashley Kahn (Viking)
Latin Jazz: the Perfect Combination/La Combinación Perfecta, by Raúl Fernández (Chronicle Books)
Best Research in Recorded Blues and Gospel Music
Can’t be Satisfied: the Life and Times of Muddy Waters, by Robert Gordon (Little Brown)
Blues with a Feeling: the Little Walter Story, by Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, and Ward Gaines (Routledge)
The Pilgrim Jubilees, by Alan Young (University Press of Mississippi)
Best Research in General Discography and History of Recorded Sound
Music Inspired By Art: A Guide to Recordings, by Gary Evans (Scarecrow Press and the Music Library Association)
Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers
Exploding: the Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group, by Stan Cornyn and Paul Scanlon (Harper Entertainment)
Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power, by Gerald L. Posner (Random House)
For additional information about the ARSC Awards please contact the co-chairs of the Awards Committee:
Vincent Pelote
Institute of Jazz Studies
Rutgers State University of NJ
Newark, NJ 07102
pelote@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Brenda Nelson-Strauss
Archives of African American Music & Culture
Indiana University
2805 E. 10th Street, Suite 180
Bloomington, IN 47408
bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx
About ARSC
Founded in 1966, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (http://www.arsc-audio.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to research, study, publication, and information exchange surrounding all aspects of recordings and recorded sound. With members in twenty-three countries, the organization is comprehensive in scope and reflects the interests and concerns of its members, including historians, collectors, dealers, archivists, discographers, and recording engineers. Through its publications and meetings, ARSC provides a forum for the development and dissemination of information in all fields and periods of recording and in all sound media. In addition, ARSC works to encourage the preservation of historical recordings, to promote the exchange of research and information about them, and to foster an increased awareness of the importance of recorded sound as part of any cultural heritage.