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Night Train Top 40 For December 2020

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published January 1, 2021 at 7:00 AM CST
  1.   Conrad Herwig – The Latin Side of Horace Silver (Savant)
  2. Joe Farnsworth – Time to Swing (Smoke Sessions)
  3. Artemis – Artemis (Blue Note)
  4. Ian Hendrickson-Smith – The Lowdown (Cellar)
  5. Claire Daly – Rah! Rah! (Ride Symbol)
  6. Eddie Henderson – Shuffle and Deal (Smoke Sessions)
  7. Steve Cardenas – Blue Has A Range (Sunnyside)
  8. Wolff Clark Dorsey – Play Sgt. Pepper (Jazz Avenue)
  9. Redman, Mehldau, McBride & Blade – RoundAgain (Nonesuch)
  10. Cosmic Vibrations – Pathways and Passages (SpiritMuse)
  11. Billy Childs – Acceptance (Mack Avenue)
  12. New Orleans High Society – New Orleans High Socieity (1718 Records)
  13. Doug Webb – Apples and Oranges (Posi-Tone)
  14. Bill Frisell – Valentine (Blue Note)
  15. 3 More Sounds – Live at the Gardenia Club (5p Records)
  16. Dave Brubeck – Time Outtakes (Brubeck Editions)
  17. Dave Brubeck – Lullabies (Verve)
  18. Loudon Wainwright III – I’d Rather Lead A Band (Thirty Tigers)
  19. Uptown Jazz Tentet – What’s Next (Irabbagast)
  20. Javon Jackson – Déjà vu ( Solid Jackson)
  21. Monty Alexander – Love You Madly (Resonance)
  22. Flying Horse Big Band – Florida Rays (Flying Horse)
  23. Ricardo Bacelar – Ao Vivo No rio (Bacelar)
  24. Swingadelic – Bluesville (Zoho)
  25. Royce Campbell/ Chris Whiteman – The Campbell/Whiteman Project (Moon Cycle)
  26. Isaiah J. Thompson – Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery (WJ3)
  27. Noah Bless – New York Strong  - Latin Jazz! (Zoho)
  28. Ryan Cohan – Originations (Origin)
  29. George Kahn Quartet – Dreamcatcher (Playing Records)
  30. Dan Wilensky – All in All (Polyglot)
  31. Walter White – BBXL (Stentor)
  32. Christian McBride Big Band – For Jimmy, Wes & Oliver (Mack Avenue)
  33. Bobby Watson – Keepin’ It Real (Smoke Sessions)
  34. Harold Lopez-Nussa – Te Lo Dije (Mack Avenue)
  35. Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band – Message from Groove and GW (Arabesque)
  36. Alan Broadbent Trio – In Motion (Savant)
  37. John Daversa Quintet – Cuarantena (Tiger Turn)
  38. John Fedchock NY Sextet – Into the Shadows (Summit)
  39. John Beasley Monk’estra – Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue)
  40. Teodross Avery – Harlem Stories (WJ3)
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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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