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Music professor's book is one of seven finalists for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound award

May 27, 2008

"The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong," a book by University of Richmond music professor Gene Anderson, is a finalist for the 2008 Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.

Anderson's book details the origins and influence of the Hot Five, a group of five jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong, who recorded 55 performances in Chicago for the OKeh Records music label between 1925 and 1928. The book includes a CD with all 55 recordings and a commentary.

There are six other finalists in the jazz category and winners will be announced in June.

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings in all genres of music and speech, in all formats and from all periods. Its annual awards recognize the finest work being published in the field of recorded sound research.

Anderson earned a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa and has written many articles about early jazz and wind music. He is a member of the editorial board of "Monographs and Bibliographies in American Music," a book series published by the College Music Society.