ARSC Awards for
Excellence: 2001 Winners
Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music
Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 by Tim Gracyk
and Frank Hoffmann (Haworth Press, 2000)
Certificate of Merit
Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films by George
Hulme (McFarland & Co., 2000)
Best Research in Recorded Folk and Ethnic Music
Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music,
by Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000)
Certificate of Merit
Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father
of Bluegrass, by Richard D. Smith (Little Brown & Company,
2000)
Best Research in Recorded Classical Music
Best Discography
Tristan und Isolde on Record: A Comprehensive Discography of Wagner's Music Drama
with a Critical Introduction to the Recordings by Jonathan Brown
(Greenwood Press, 2000)
Best History
Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000:
Eine Werkgeschichte im Wandel by Martin Elste (Meltzer/Barenreiter,
2000)
Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul
The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998,
by John Atkins (McFarland & Company, 2000)
Certificate of Merit
Race, Rock, and Elvis,
by Michael T. Bertrand (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
Best Research in Recorded Jazz or Blues
Best History
Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, by Ashley Kahn
(DaCapo Press, 2000)
Best Discography/History
Artie Shaw: A Biography and Discography,
by Vladimir Simosko (Scarecrow Press, 2000)
Certificates of Merit
An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of
Warne Marsh,
by Safford Chamberlain (Scarecrow Press, 2000)
The Half
Ain't Been Told: An Otis Spann Career Discography, by
Bill Rowe (revised and updated by Chris Smith and Howard Rye)
(Micrography, 2000)
Best Research in the General History of Recorded Sound
Off the Record: The
Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America, by David
Morton (Rutgers University Press, 2000)
Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers
Best Discography
The R&B Indies, by Bob McGrath
(Eyeball Music, 2000)
Best History
Spinning
the Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers, by Nadine Cohodas
(St. Martins Press, 2000)
Certificates of Merit
American Record Labels and Companies:
An Encyclopedia (1891-1943),
by Allan Sutton and Kurt Nauck (Mainspring Press, 2000)
Suomalaisten
Aanilevyjen Luettelo 1901-1945 (Catalog of Finnish Records 1901-1945),
by Rainer Strommer (Suomen Aanitearkisto ry.
Yleisradio-Aanilevysto, 2000)
Best Research in Phonographs
Discovering Antique Phonographs,
by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul (Schiffer, 2000) (Schiffer
Publishing Ltd., 2001)
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