Dennis Owsley
“Jazz Unlimited” HostDennis Owsley has broadcast a weekly jazz show for St. Louis Public Radio since April 1983. He holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and is a retired Monsanto Senior Science Fellow and college teacher. His show, Jazz Unlimited, airs every Sunday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. The show has the largest jazz audience in St. Louis and was named Best Jazz Radio Show in St. Louis for the years 2005-2007 and 2009 by the Riverfront Times. In celebration of his 25 years on the air, January 24, 2008 was proclaimed Dennis Owsley Day" in the City of St. Louis. He is the 2010 winner of the St. Louis Public Radio Millard S. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award. Dennis is also a noted photographer, and his exhibit, In the Moment: Photographs of Jazz Musicians, ran from September 23, 2005 to January 21, 2006 at the Sheldon Art Gallery. He is a lifetime student of jazz history and teaches short courses on the subject. Dennis is the author of the award-winning book City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis 1985-1973, published in 2006.
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Jazz Unlimited for October 28, 2018 will be “The Keys and Strings Hour Plus New Music.” Duke Ellington’s music retains a strong pull on jazz. The “Keys… -
Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, October 21, 2018 will present “The Career of Kenny Barron.” Born in Philadelphia in 1943, this jazz piano master began his… -
Jazz Unlimited for September 14, 2018 will be “The Career of Ben Webster.” Ben Webster was considered to be one of the three major tenor sax players of… -
Jazz Unlimited for October 7, 2018 will be “Remembering Randy Weston.” Pianist Randy Weston, famous for blending African rhythms and sensibility in his… -
Jazz Unlimited for September 30, 2018 will be “The Keys and Strings Hour Plus New Music.” The Keys and Strings Hour or the Quieter Side of Jazz will… -
Jazz Unlimited for September 23, 2018 will be “Jazz Giants For September and October.” Jazz Giants are musicians who influence the course of jazz or who… -
Jazz Unlimited for September 16, 2018 will be “The Career of Buddy Rich.” At age eight, Buddy Rich was in vaudeville and was known as “Traps, the Drum… -
Jazz Unlimited for September 9, 2018 will be “The Music of Lee Morgan.” Trumpeter Lee Morgan hit the big time in 1956 at age 18 with the Dizzy Gillespie… -
Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, September 2, 2018 will be “The Career of Phil Woods.” Alto saxophonist Phil Woods’s 61-year performing career included 30 wins… -
Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, August 19, 2018 will be “Gospel Piano, Tributes to Jean Kittrell and Aretha Franklin Plus New Music.” This week’s Jazz… -
Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, August 19, 2018 will be “The Music of Sonny Clark.” Pianist Sonny Clark was born in a coal-mining town near Pittsburgh.… -
Jazz Unlimited for April 12 will be “The Music of Herbie Hancock.” Jazz Master Herbie Hancock has been actively been writing, performing and recording his…