Dennis Owsley

More New Music

Dennis Owsley — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:06 +0000

The June 23 Jazz Unlimited show will have new music featuring a duet between pianists Jaki Byard and Tommy Flanagan, vocalist Ben Sidran, pianists Joey Calderazzo, Monty Alexander and Keith Jarrett, alto saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, the Jim Widner Big Band and a five part Suite called "Hagar’s Song" by Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran.

The slide show has images of some of the musicians heard on this show.

Here is a video of the Monty Alexander Trio in Paris in 2011 playing "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Tributes To Mulgrew Miller and Ed Shaughnessy; New Music

Dennis Owsley — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:46:40 +0000

Jazz Unlimited for June 16 will feature tributes to the late Mulgrew Miller and the late Ed Shaughnessy. In addition, there will be new music featuring Dave Douglas, Gerald Clayton, Lionel Loueke, Freddy Cole, Ian Dogole, the Bad Plus, Jack DeJohnette, Grant Green, John and Ravi Coltrane, Charles Lloyd and St. Louisans Keith Moyer, James “Jabbo” Ware and Jim Widner and his Big Band.

The Slide Show contains images of some of the artists heard on tonight's show.

The Jazz History Of St. Louis-Part 10: The Late 2000's And Current Times

Dennis Owsley — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:24:22 +0000

The Sunday, June 9, 2013 Jazz Unlimited show will be “The Jazz History of St. Louis-Part 10: The Late 2000’s and Current Times.” Even during the Great Recession, Jazz at the Bistro thrived, bringing in nationally known groups and giving work to local St. Jazz musicians. Recordings kept being made and both Kim Portnoy and Paul DeMarinis included poetry in their latest recordings. Dixieland jazz continued to be heard at St. Louis Jazz Club meetings and occasionally at the Sheldon. Music on this show will be from The St.

The Jazz History Of St. Louis-Part 9: The Early 2000's

Dennis Owsley — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:47:31 +0000

The Jazz Unlimited Sunday, June 2, will be the “Jazz History of St. Louis-Part 9: The Early 2000’s.” Even though 9/11 put fear into the nation, the St. Louis jazz scene continued to revive until the Great Recession that started in 2007. After that, gigs were few and far between for several years. Jazz at the Bistro became one of the great jazz clubs in the world. The Sheldon continued to bring local and national groups into St. Louis. The City Bank St.

The Jazz History Of St. Louis-Part 8: The 1990’s-Rebuilding The Scene

Dennis Owsley — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:06 +0000

The Jazz Unlimited on Sunday, May 26 will be “The Jazz History of St. Louis-Part 8: The 1990’s-Rebuilding the Scene.” The 1990’s were a period of rebuilding. The jazz studies programs at Webster University and SIU-E were firmly entrenched.