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Night Train Top 40 – May 2021

  1.   Roni Ben-Hur – Stories (Dot Time)
  2. Greg Abate – Magic Dance (Whaling City Sound)
  3. Yoko Miwa Trio – Songs of Joy (Ubuntu)
  4. Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breath (Blue Note)
  5. Diego Rivera – Indigenous (Posi-Tone)
  6. Greg Skaff – Polaris (SMK)
  7. Out to Dinner – Play On (Posi-Tone)
  8. Jihye Lee – Daring Mind (Motema)
  9. Lunar Octet – Convergence (Summit)
  10. Dan Wilson – Vesselsof Wood and Earth (Mack Avenue)
  11. Jeremy Monteiro – Live at the No Black Tie (Jazz Note)
  12. The Tiptons – Wabi Sabi (Sowie Sound)
  13. Idit Shner – Live at the Jazz Station (OA2)
  14. The 14 Jazz Orchestra – Cartoon Bebop (Dabon Music)
  15. Roseanna Vitro – Listen Here (Skyline)
  16. Emmet Cohen – Future Stride (Mack Avenue)
  17. Vincent Herring – Preaching to the Choir (Smoke Sessions)
  18. Spike Wilner – Aliens & Wizards (Cellar)
  19. Jim Snidero – Live at the Deer Head Inn (Savant)
  20. Brent Jensen – More Sounds of a Dry Martini (Origin)
  21. Tony Monaco/Hendrik Meurkens – Strollin’ (Reid Hoyson)
  22. Ray Gallon - Make Your Move (Cellar)
  23. Brian Charette – Power from the Air (Steeplechase)
  24. Henry Robinett Quartet – Jazz Standards Vol. 2: Then Again (Nefertiti)
  25. John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta, Bill Cunliffe – Trio (Le Coq)
  26. Le Coq All Stars – Volume 1 (Le Coq)
  27. Doug MacDonald – Live in Hawaii (DMac Music)
  28. Phill Fest – Café Fon Fon (Phill Fest)
  29. Behn Gillece – Still Doing Our Thing (Posi- Tone)
  30. Joe Chambers – Samba de Maracatu (Blue Note)
  31. Cory Weeds – O Sole Mio! (Cellar)
  32. Nelson Riveros – The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery (Zoho)
  33. John Hasselback III – Entrance (HasselCastle)
  34. Echo Park Project – It’s My Turn (Echo Park Project)
  35. Larry Newcomb Quartet – Love, Dad (Larry Newcomb)
  36. New Faces – New Sounds (Posi-Tone)
  37. George Kahn Quartet – Dreamcatcher (Playing Records)
  38. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – I Told You So (Colemine)
  39. Charlie Apicella – Classic Guitar (Zoho)
  40. Russell Ferrante Trio – Inflexion (Blue Canoe)

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.