City of Gabriels reviewed

Reviews are starting to come in for City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973, the new book by St. Louis DJ, photographer and historian Dennis Owsley. In an article now online at jazzreview.com, contributor Lee Prosser calls the book "a well-written and entertaining look at jazz in St. Louis," while, writing in this weekend's Post-Dispatch, reporter and critic Calvin Wilson says it's "a richly entertaining cornucopia of facts, anecdotes and perspectives -- and a good companion to a new jazz exhibit at the Sheldon Art Galleries."

Owsley has also been doing a number of signings and lectures in conjunction with the book's release, including a recent talk at the University of Missouri-St. Louis that was covered in an article in the student newspaper The Current.

(And speaking of book reviews, jazzreview.com also has a review of Josephine Baker: Image and Icon, the volume edited by the Sheldon Art Galleries' Olivia Lahs-Gonzalez to accompany the Baker exhibit that ran earlier this year at the Sheldon. )