Owsley to discuss St. Louis jazz history at Sheldon on March 27

Local jazz historian and radio personality Dennis Owsley will give a gallery talk on the history of St. Louis jazz at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the Sheldon Art Galleries. Owsley, who serves as host of KWMU's Sunday night Jazz Unlimited program, is the author of City of Gabriels, a book about St. Lous jazz history released last year by Reedy Press.

His talk is presented in conjunction with the Galleries' current exhibition on local jazz history, which runs through August 25, and will focus on St. Louis' Black Artists Group, the organization that helped launch the careers of musicians such as Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett and many others. The event is free and open to the publc.