ARSC Awards for Excellence: 2006 Winners
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1999
Blues / Rhythm & Blues / Soul
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick (Little Brown)
Certificate of Merit:
Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay by Louis Cantor (University of Illinois)
Classical
Best Discography
While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the Music of Frederick Delius by Lyndon Jenkins (Ashgate)Best History
Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings by Max Harrison (Continuum)
Country
King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans by Ray White (University of Wisconsin)
Folk / Ethnic / World
Bob Marley and the Wailers: The Definitive Discography by Roger Steffens and Leroy Jodie Pierson (Rounder)
Certificate of Merit
The Encyclopedia of Native Music: More Than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet by Brian Wright-McLeod (University of Arizona)
Rap / Hip-Hop
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang (St. Martins)
Rock
Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll by David Carson (University of Michigan)
Certificates of Merit:
Soft Machine: Out-bloody-rageous by Graham Bennett (SAF)Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of "Mama" Cass Elliot by Eddi Fiegel (Sidgwick & Jackson)
Jazz
Best Discography
Stan Getz: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography with Song and Session Information for Albums by Nicholas Churchill (McFarland)Best History
Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond by Doug Ramsey and Paul Caulfield (discography) (Parkside Publications, Seattle)The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis 1980-1991 by George Cole
(University of Michigan)Certificates of Merit
Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band by Lawrence Gushee (Oxford)Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend: Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke (1903-1931) by Jean Pierre Lion (Continuum)
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz by Jeffrey Magee (Oxford)
Labels / General History
Best History
Echo and Reverb: Fabricating Space in Popular Music Recording, 1900-1960 by Peter Doyle (Wesleyan University Press)Best Discography
Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press)
