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Night Train Top 40 Albums For April 2017

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published May 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM CDT

  1. Regina Carter – Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh)

  1. Virginia Schenck – Aminata Moseka: An Abbey Lincoln Tribute (Airborne Ecstasy)

  1. Claire Daly – 2648 West Grand Boulevard (Glass Beach Jazz)

  1. Eliane Elias – Dane of Time (Concord)

  1. Deborah Brown – Kansas City Here I Come (Deborah Brown)

  1. Carol Morgan Quintet – Post Cool Vol. 1 (Carol Morgan Music)

  1. Carol Robbins – Taylor Street (Jazzcats)

  1. Brandi Disterheft – Blue Canvas (Justin Time)

  1. Ralph Towner – My Foolish Heart (ECM)

  1. Steve Khan – Backlog (Tone Center)

  1. Joey DeFrancesco & the People – Project Freedom (Mack Avenue)

  1. John Moulder – Earthborn Tales of Soul and Spirit (Origin)

  1. Mads Tolling & the Mads Men – Playing the 60s (Madsman Records)

  1. Organissimo – B3tles (Big O)

  1. Organic Trio – Saturn’s Spell (Jazz Family)

  1. Steve Slagle – Alto Manhattan (Panorama)

  1. Jeff “Tain” Watts – Blue Vol. 2 (Dark Key Music)

  1. Christian Sands – Reach (Mack Avenue)

  1. Bobby Watson – Made in America (Smoke Sessions)

  1. Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7 – Soul Jazz Fridays (Sunflower Soul)

  1. Ben Sidran – Picture Him Happy (Nardis/Unlimited Media)

  1. Howard Johnson & Gravity – Testimony (Tuscarora)

  1. Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau – Nearness (Nonesuch)

  1. Richie Cole – Plays Ballads and Love Songs (Mark Perna Music)

  1. Frank Kimbrough – Solstice (Pirouet)

  1. Jeff Libman – Strange Beauty (Cellar Live)

  1. Tom Harrell – Something Gold, Something Blue (High Note)

  1. Dizzy Gillespie – Concert of the Century (Justin Time)

  1. Charlie Sepulveda – Mr. EP (High Note)

  1. Bob Dorough – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Deer Head)

  1. Carmen Lundy – Code Noir (Afrasia)

  1. Akua Dixon – Akua’s Dance (Akua’s Music)

  1. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau – Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch)

  1. Delfeayo Marsalis – Make American Great Again (Troubadour Jass)

  1. Terell Stafford – Forgive and Forget (HHM)

  1. Yotam Silberstein – The Village (Jazz & People)

  1. Doug MacDonald – Jazz Marathon 2 (BluJazz)

  1. Afro Bop Alliance Big Band – Revelation (OA2)

  1. Planet D Nonet – A Salute to Strayhorn (Detroit Music Factory)

  1. Doug Webb - Bright Side (Posi-Tone)
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Chris Heim
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.
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