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Night Train Top 40 Albums For August 2015

1.    George & Chico Freeman - All in the Family (Southport)

2.    Charlie Haden/Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Tokyo Adagio (Impulse)

3.    Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions)

4.    Dave Stryker - Messin' with Mr. T (Strike Zone)

5.    Katie Thiroux - Introducing (Green Gig Music)

6.    Kenny Werner - The Melody (Pirouet)

7.    Bob Mintzer Big Band - Get Up (MCG Jazz)

8.    Eddie Henderson - Collective Portrait (Smoke Sessions)

9.    Steve Davis - Say When (Smoke Sessions)

10.  Terell Stafford - Brotherlee Love (Capri)

11.   Charlie Dennard - 5 O'Clock Charlie (Charlie Dennard)

12.   Charenee Wade - Offering (Motema)

13.   Jacques Lesure - Camaraderie (WJ3)

14.   Steve Johns - Family (Strike Zone)

15.   Ben Williams - Coming of Age (Concord)

16.   Steve Kaldestad - New York Afternoon (Cellar Live)

17.   George Cables - In Good Company (High Note)

18.   Jared Gold - Metropolitan Rhythm (Posi-Tone)

19.   Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet - Intercambio (Patois)

20.   Lee Smith - My Kind of Blues (Vectordisc)

21.   Robert Glasper - Covered (Blue Note)

22.   Donald Vega - With Respect to Monty (Resonance)

23.   Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dee Dee's Feather (OKeh)

24.   Cecile McLorin Salvant - For One to Love (Mack Avenue)

25.   Juli Wood Quartet - Synkka Metsa (OA2)

26.   Bob McChesney - Chez Says (Moco)

27.   Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet - 10 (Zoho)

28.   Antonio Adolfo - Tema (AAM)

29.   Pearl Django - Time Flies (Modern Hot)

30.   Giacomo Gates - Everything Is Cool (Savant)

31.   Mark Winkler - Jazz and Other Four Letter Words (Cafe Pacific)

32.   Joey Calderazzo - Going Home (Sunnyside)

33.   Steve Gadd Band - 70 Strong (BFM Jazz)

34.   Scott Hamilton - Plays Jule Styne (Blue Duchess)

35.   Joe Locke - Love Is a Pendulum (Motema)

36.   Jeb Patton - Shades and Tones (Cellar Live)

37.   Briana Thomas - You Must Believe in Love (Sound on Purpose)

38.   Cory Weeds - Condition Blue (Cellar Live)

39.   Carter Calvert - It's A Man's World (Sound On Purpose)

40.   Pete Malinverni - Emerging Markets (Glass Beach Jazz)

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.