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Night Train Top 40 - April 2021

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published May 1, 2021 at 7:00 AM CDT
  1.   Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breath (Blue Note)
  2. Diego Rivera – Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
  3. Behn Gillece – Still Doing Our Thing (Posi- Tone)
  4. Greg Skaff – Polaris (SMK)
  5. The 14 Jazz Orchestra – Cartoon Bebop (Dabon Music)
  6. Joe Chambers – Samba de Maracatu (Blue Note)
  7. Cory Weeds – O Sole Mio! (Cellar)
  8. Nelson Riveros – The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery (Zoho)
  9. Lisa Hilton – More than Another Day (Ruby Slippers)
  10. Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here (Skyline)
  11. Emmet Cohen – Future Stride (Mack Avenue)
  12. Charles Lloyd & the Marvels – Tone Poem (Blue Note)
  13. Ian Hendrickson-Smith – The Lowdown (Cellar)
  14. Uptown Jazz Tentet – What’s Next (Irabbagast)
  15. Hendrik Meurkens – Manhattan Samba (Height Advantage)
  16. Roni Ben-Hur – Stories (Dot Time)
  17. Le Coq All Stars – Volume 1 (Le Coq)
  18. Diego Figueiredo – Antarctica (Arbors Jazz)
  19. Yoko Miwa Trio – Songs of Joy (Ubuntu)
  20. Brianna Thomas Band – Everybody Knows (Breathline Records)
  21. Dave Stryker – Baker’s Circle (StrikeZone)
  22. Idit Shner – Live at the Jazz Station (OA2)
  23. John Hasselback III – Entrance (HasselCastle)
  24. Echo Park Project – It’s My Turn (Echo Park Project)
  25. Out to Dinner – Play On (Posi-Tone)
  26. Larry Newcomb Quartet – Love, Dad (Larry Newcomb)
  27. Henry Robinett Quartet – Jazz Standards Vol. 2: Then Again (Nefertiti)
  28. The Tiptons – Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
  29. Leon Lee Dorsey – Thank You Mr. Mabern (Jazz Avenue)
  30. New Faces – New Sounds (Posi-Tone)
  31. Noah Bless – New York Strong - Latin Jazz! (Zoho)
  32. George Kahn Quartet – Dreamcatcher (Playing Records)
  33. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – I Told You So (Colemine)
  34. Chris Rottmayer – Sunday at Pilars (Chris Rottmayer)
  35. New Orleans High Society – New Orleans High Society (1718 Records)
  36. Professor Cunningham & His Old School – The Lockdown Blues (Arbors Jazz)
  37. Charlie Apicella – Classic Guitar (Zoho)
  38. Willie Nelson – That’s Life (Sony)
  39. Russell Ferrante Trio – Inflexion (Blue Canoe)
  40. Lee Ritenour – Dreamcatcher (Mascot)
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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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