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jazz@kwmu.org Dennis Owsley has been hosting a weekly radio show on KWMU since 1983. He has been a jazz album collector, aficionado and historian since 1958 and has seen most of the major artists in jazz in live performance.
Owsley wrote an award-winning book, City of Gabriels—The Jazz History of St. Louis 1895-1973.
Nearly all the music heard on Jazz Unlimited is from Owsley's personal collection. He is gaining an international reputation as a photographer of jazz musicians as well.
Jazz Unlimited won the Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis Award in the "Best Jazz Show" category three years in a row.
Please email jazz[at]kwmu.org with your suggestions, requests or comments.
For more on Owsley or to view past Jazz Unlimited playlists, visit Owsley's website.
Jazz Unlimited is a unique weekly radio show covering the continuum of jazz from Louis Armstrong to Lester Bowie. Each show is scripted and is based on a theme to provide the broadest coverage of the music.
Jazz Giants for May and June, 2009 will be: Georgie Auld, Paul Barbarin, Sidney Bechet, Betty Carter, Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Gil Evans, Sonny Fortune, Red Garland, Erroll Garner, Benny Goodman, Grant Green, Woody Herman, Bill Holman, Keith Jarrett, Tommy Ladnier, John Lewis, Mel Lewis, Jackie McLean, Shelly Manne, Lennie Niehaus, Joe "King" Oliver, Sun Ra, Freddie Redd, Bud Shank, Lucky Thompson, Frank Trumbauer, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Bill Watrous and Mary Lou Williams
June 28: Keys and Strings Hour (First Hour)
The quieter side of jazz will present pianists Keith Jarrett, John Lewis, Shelly Manne, Sun Ra, Fats Waller and Mary Lou Williams.
Due to music rights issues, to play these files you'll need Windows Media Player.
Hour 1: 
56K Modem | DSL/Cable
Hour 2: 56K Modem | DSL/Cable
Hour 3: 56K Modem | DSL/Cable
View the current playlist (pdf)
Listen to Dennis' Jazz St. Louis podcast about Blue Note Records.
Jazz Events
From the KWMU Events page, browse through all of the area's best jazz and blues events. You may also submit your favorite events to share with our listeners.
Photo Gallery
Browse through a large photo collection of jazz artists. All photos were taken by Dennis Owsley.
For more on Dennis and to view past Jazz Unlimited playlists visit Dennis Owsley's website.
