Night Train Best of 2012

  1. Steve Kuhn/Steve Swallow/Joey Barron - Wisteria (ECM)
  2. Ali Jackson/Aaron Goldberg/Omer Avital - Yes! (Sunnyside)
  3. Marc Johnson/Eliane Elias - Swept Away  (ECM)
  4. Brad Mehldau Trio - Where Do You Start (Nonesuch)
  5. Elio Villafranca/Arturo Stable - Dos Y Mas (Motema)
  6. Chick Corea/Gary Burton - Hot House (Concord)
  7. Bill Anschell/Brent Jenson/Chris Symer - Blueprints (Origin)
  8. Luciana Souza - The Book of Chet (Sunnyside)
  9. Ahmad Jamal - Blue Moon (Jazz Village)
  10. Jack DeJohnette - Sound Travels (E One)
  11. Jeff Hamilton Trio - Red Sparkle (Capri)
  12. Jazz Soul Seven - Impressions of Curtis Mayfield (BFM Jazz)
  13. Tessa Souter - Beyond the Blue (Motema)
  14. Chano Dominguez - Flamenco Sketches (Blue Note)
  15. Marc Copland - Some More Love Songs (Pirouet)
  16. John Abercrombie Quartet - Within A Song (ECM)
  17. Carol Robbins - Moraga (Jazz Cats)
  18. Bruce Barth - Three Things of Beauty (Savant)
  19. Meredith D'Ambrosio - By Myself (Sunnyside)
  20. George Cables - My Muse (High Note)
  21. Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Twenty Dozen (Savoy Jazz)
  22. Florian Hoefner Group - Songs Without Words (OA2)
  23. Claire Martin - Too Much in Love to Care (Linn)
  24. Jessica Williams - Songs of Earth (Origin)
  25. Harold Mabern - Mr. Lucky (High Note)
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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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