Night Train
Monday - Thursday from 10pm - midnight
Monday through Thursday night, it’s the best in jazz on Night Train, hosted by KMUW’s Chris Heim. From classic artists and recordings to today’s emerging artists and most intriguing new releases — along with specials, in-depth features, jazz concert highlights and more — Night Train will take you to the best of “America’s classical music.”
Host Chris Heim was awarded first place in the DJ Personality Air Check category by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters in 2020 for her work on Night Train.
Latest Episodes
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Monday 5.1.17It’s the birthday today of the one the great singer-pianists of jazz, Shirley Horn, and Night Train celebrates with music from her early ‘60s…
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Regina Carter – Ella: Accentuate the Positive (OKeh)Virginia Schenck – Aminata Moseka: An Abbey Lincoln Tribute (Airborne Ecstasy)Claire Daly – 2648 West…
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Monday 4.24.17Night Train celebrates birthdays of two great tenor players – Joe Henderson and Johnny Griffin – and percussionist and founding member of…
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Monday 4.10.17Night Train marks birthdays of guitarist George Freeman, pianist (and psychiatrist) Denny Zeitlin, third stream pianist and composer Claude…
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Monday 4.3.17Night Train kicks off a new month’s feature – celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month and this year’s theme of Women in Jazz and Ella…
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Deborah Brown – Kansas City Here I Come (Deborah Brown) Steve Khan – Backlog (Tone Center)Ralph Towner – My Foolish Heart (ECM)Joey DeFrancesco & the…
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Monday 3.20.17Night Train teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency to celebrate the first day of Spring, with new and classic spring songs from…
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Monday 3.13.17Night Train marks birthdays of legendary drummer Roy Haynes and trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Blue Mitchell. Plus more music from Wichita…
Best Music of 2022
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Chris Heim, host of Night Train, shares her picks for the best jazz releases of 2022.