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Night Train Top 40 Albums For May 2016

1.          Carla Bley – Andando el Tiempo (ECM)

2.          Charles Lloyd & the Marvels - I Long to See You (Blue Note)

3.          Ed Cherry – Soultree (Posi-Tone)

4.          Joe Chambers – Landscapes (Savant)

5.          Hristo Vitchev – In Search of Wonders (Hristo Vitchev)

6.          Herlin Riley - New Direction (Mack Avenue)

7.          Freddy Cole – He Was the King (High Note)

8.          Kevin Mahogany - The Vienna Affair (Mahogany Jazz)

9.          Randy Napoleon – Soon (Detroit Music Factory)

10.      Great American Music Ensemble – It’s All in the GAME (Jazzed Media)

11.      Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra – All My Yesterdays (Resonance)

12.      Bill Charlap Trio – Notes from New York (Impulse)

13.      Sarah Vaughan – Live at Rosy’s (Resonance)

14.      Russell Malone – All About Melody (High Note)

15.      Yellowjackets – Cohearence (Mack Avenue)

16.      Peter Erskine – Dr. Um (Fuzzy Music)

17.      Brian Andres & the Afro Cuban Jazz Cartel - This Could Be That (Bacalao)

18.      Hubert Laws/Jeffrey Biegel - Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio (Steve Barta Music)

19.      Kenny Barron - Book of Intuition (Impulse)

20.      Florian Hoefner - Luminosity (Origin)

21.      George Coleman – The Master Speaks (Smoke Sessions)

22.      John Hart – Exit from Brooklyn (Zoho)

23.      Willie Jones III – Groundwork (WJ3)

24.      Danny Mixon – Pass It On (Danny Mixon)

25.      Peter Bernstein – Let Loose (Smoke Sessions)

26.      Andy Brown Quartet – Direct Call (Delmark)

27.      Ken Peplowski – Enrapture (Capri)

28.      Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom – Otis Was a Polar Bear (Royal Potato Family)

29.      Tony Lusting Quintet – Taking Flight (Bimperl)

30.      Ray Vega/Thomas Marriott - Return of the East West Trumpet Summit (Origin)

31.      Curtis Robinson – Dancing in the Street (Curtis Robinson)

32.      Hendrik Meurkins – Harmonicus Rex (Height Advantage)

33.      Will Bernard – Out and About (Posi-Tone)

34.      Eric Olsen Revision Quartet – Sea Changes (BluJazz)

35.      Three More Sounds – High Voltage (Skipper Productions)

36.      Bill O'Connell & the Latin Jazz All-Stars - Heart Beat (Savant)

37.      Clayton Brothers – Soul Brothers (Artist Share)

38.      Renee Rosnes - Written in the Rocks (Smoke Sessions)

39.      Jeremy Pelt - #JiveCulture (High Note)

40.      Laurence Hobgood Trio - Honor Thy Fathers (Circumstantial)

 

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.