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Night Train Top 40 Albums For August 2017

  1. Dejohnette, Goldings, Medeski, Scofield – Hudson (Motema)

  1. Peter Erskine New Trio – In Praise of Shadows (Fuzzy Music)

  1. Ben Allison – Layers of the City (Sonic Camera)

  1. Louis Hayes – Serenade for Horace (Blue Note)

  1. Ahmad Jamal – Marseille (Jazz Village)

  1. Chick Corea – The Musician (Concord)

  1. Akiko Tsuruga – So Cute, So Bad (AT Records)

  1. Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty and Soul (Resonance)

  1. Katie Thiroux – Off Beat (Capri)

  1. Akiko Tsuruga – So Cute, So Bad (AT)

  1. Audrey Ochoa Trio – After Thought (Chronograph)

  1. Mike Longo Trio – Only Time Will Tell (CAP)

  1. Harold Mabern – To Love and Be Loved (Smoke Sessions)

  1. Steve Nelson – Brothers Under the Sun (High Note)

  1. Cory Weeds & the Jeff Hamilton Trio – Dreamsville (Cellar Live)

  1. Bill Cunliffe – BACHanalia (Metro)

  1. Pete Malinverni Trio – Heaven (Saranac)

  1. Jazzmeia Horn – A Social Call (Concord)

  1. Bill O’Connell – Monk’s Cha Cha (Savant)

  1. Oregon – Lantern (Cam Jazz)

  1. Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano – Compassion (Resonance)

  1. Russell Malone – Time for the Dancers (High Note)

  1. Bria Skonberg – With a Twist (OKeh)

  1. Barbara Morrison – I Wanna Be Loved (Savant)

  1. New Vision Sax Ensemble – Musical Journey Through Time (Zaki)

  1. Terry Gibbs – 92 Years Young (Whaling City Sound)

  1. Mark Murphy – Wild and Free (High Note)

  1. Afrobop Alliance Big Band – Revelation (OA2)

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

  1. Various – The Passion of Charlie Parker (Impulse)

  1. Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet – Thick as Thieves (Jazzed Media)

  1. Tardo Hammer trio – Swinging on a Star (Cellar Live)

  1. Christian Sands – Reach (Mack Avenue)

  1. Billy Childs – Rebirth (Mack Avenue)

  1. John Pizzarelli – Sinatra and Jobim at 50 (Concord)

  1. Stanton Moore – With You in Mind (Cool Green)

  1. Steve Davis – Think Ahead (Smoke Sessions)

  1. Mark Winkler – The Company I Keep (Mark Winkler)

  1. Spike Wilner Trio – Odalisque (Cellar Live)

  1. Leigh Pilzer – Strunkin’ (Leigh Pilzer)
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.