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Night Train Top 40 For December 2019

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published January 1, 2020 at 7:00 AM CST

  1. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra – Big Band Holiday II (Blue Engine)
  2. John Coltrane – Blue World (Verve/Impulse)
  3. Hendrik Meurkens – Cobb’s Pocket (In & Out)
  4. Houston Person – I’m Just A Lucky So and So (High Note)
  5. Nicolas Bearde – I Remember You (Right Groove)
  6. Dan McCarthy – City Abstract (Origin)
  7. Corey Christiansen – La Proxima (Origin)
  8. George Coleman – The Quartet (Smoke Sessions)
  9. Poncho Sanchez – Trane’s Delight (Concord Picante)
  10. Monty Alexander – Wareika Hill Rastamonk Vibrations (MACD)
  11. Steve Khan – Patchwork (Tone Center)
  12. Ray Blue – Work (Jazzheads)
  13. Rodney Whitaker – All Too Soon (Origin)
  14. Adrian Cunningham & Friends – Play Lerner and Loewe (Arbors Jazz)
  15. Carmen Souza – The Silver Messengers (Galileo)
  16. PJ Perry/Bill Mays – This Quiet Room (Cellar Live)
  17. Ricardo Peixoto – Scary Beautiful (Moving Finger Music)
  18. Leslie Pintchik Trio – Same Day Delivery (Pintch Hard)
  19. Cory Weeds Quintet – Live at Frankie’s Jazz Club (Cellar)
  20. Ethan Iverson Quartet – Common Practice (ECM)
  21. Roberto Fonseca – Yesun (Mack Avenue)
  22. Joshua Breakstone – Children of Art (Capri)
  23. Bill O’Connell & the Afro Caribbean Ensemble – Wind Off the Hudson (Savant)
  24. Veronica Swift – Confessions (Mack Avenue)
  25. Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra – Midnight Stroll (Ch.Ill Jazz)
  26. Paul Combs – Unknown Dameron (Summit)
  27. Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade – Trilogy 2 (Concord
  28. George Cables – I’m All Smiles (High Note)
  29. Erroll Garner – A Night at the Movies (Mack Avenue/Octave)
  30. Nat King Cole - Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years 1936-1943 (Resonance)
  31. James Carter Organ Trio – Live from Newport Jazz (Blue Note)
  32. Royce Campbell Organ Trio – Royce Campbell Organ Trio (Moon Cycle)
  33. Mark Walker – You Get What You Give (Fliposphere)
  34. Richie Cole & Tony Monaco – The Keys of Cool (Richie Cole Presents)
  35. Troy Roberts – Days Like These (Toy Robot)
  36. Eric Reed – Everybody Gets the Blues (Smoke Sessions)
  37. Akiko Tsuruga/Graham Dechter/Jeff Hamilton – Equal Time (Capri)
  38. Bill Goodwin – Trio (Vectordisc)
  39. Jazzmeia Horn – Love and Liberation (Concord)
  40. Al Foster – Inspirations and Dedications (Smoke Sessions)
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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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