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Night Train Top 40 Albums For May 2018

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published May 31, 2018 at 8:00 AM CDT

  1. Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette – After the Fall (ECM)
  2. Jim Snidero & Jeremy Pelt – Jubilation! (Savant)
  3. Kevin Connor & Swing 3PO – Doin’ the New Lowdown (Kevin Connor Music)
  4. Akira Tana – JazzaNova (Vega)
  5. Barrett Martin Group – Transcendence (Sunyata)
  6. Scott Hamilton Trio – Live at Pyatt Hall (Cellar Live)
  7. The Idiomatiques – Out on the Town (idiomatiques)
  8. Peter Erskine & the Dr. Um Band – On Call (Fuzzy Music)
  9. Nick Finzer – No Arrival (Posi-Tone)
  10. Brubeck Brothers Quartet – Timeline (Blue Forest)
  11. Leslie Pintchik – You Eat My Food…(Pintch Hard)
  12. George Kahn – Straight Ahead (Playing Records)
  13. George Cotsirilos Quartet – Mostly in Blue (OA2)
  14. Jay Rodriguez – Your Sound (Whaling City Sound)
  15. Kurt Elling – The Questions ((Okeh)
  16. Jason Marsalis & the 21st Century Trad Band – Melody Reimagined: Book 1 (Basin Street)
  17. Mike Clark/Delbert Bump – Retro Report (Ropeadope)
  18. Ben Paterson – That Old Feeling (Cellar Live)
  19. Van Morrison/Joey DeFrancesco – You’re Driving Me Crazy (Sony Legacy)
  20. Steven Kroon – In Your Dreams (Kroonatune)
  21. Emmet Cohen – Masters Legacy Series Vol. 2 (Cellar Live)
  22. Don Braden – Earth, Wind and Wonder (Creative Perspective Music)
  23. Eddie Henderson – Be Cool (Smoke Sessions)
  24. Peter Sommer Septet – Happy-Go-Lucky Locals (Peter Sommer Music)
  25. Hot Club Sandwich – No Pressure (Acoustic Oasis)
  26. OKB Trio – The Ing… (Ojog)
  27. Freddy Cole – My Mood Is You (High Note)
  28. Bill O’Connell – Jazz Latin (Savant)
  29. Kenny Barron Quintet – Concentric Circles (Blue Note)
  30. Renee Rosnes – Beloved of the Sky (Smoke Sessions)
  31. Shirley Crabbe – Bridges (Mai Song Music)
  32. Wali Ali – To Be (Mendicant)
  33. Dan Pugach Nonet - - Plus One (Unit)
  34. Steve Gadd Band – Steve Gadd Band (BFM Jazz)
  35. John Colianni Sextet – I Never Knew (Patuxent)
  36. Benjamin Boone & Philip Levine – The Poetry of Jazz (Origin)
  37. Azar Lawrence – Elementals (High Note)
  38. Lewis Porter – Beauty and Mystery (Altrisuoni)
  39. Mike LeDonne & the Groover Quartet – From the Heart (Savant)
  40. Royce Campbell/Bob Bowen – Duo (Moon Cycle)

 
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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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