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New Jazz Releases

July 3/5

It’s “New Month/New Music” time as Night Train teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency at the beginning of every month to feature the best in new jazz releases. Among the highlights this time:

A live set from Chick Corea

A salute to Ellington from the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra

Seamus Blake’s tribute to Eddie Harris

Vocalist Stacey Kent

The Django Festival Allstars, and more.

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.