| TW | LW | 2W | Artist |
TW | LW | Move | Add | Rpts | Peak | Wks |
| 1 | 1 |
1 | DOCTOR LONNIE SMITH Too Damn Hot (Palmetto — PM 2105) | 303 | 287 | +16 | 1 |
55 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | ERIC ALEXANDER Dead Center (HighNote — HCD 7131) |
298 | 284 | +14 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 |
6 | STEVE TURRE The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) | 265 | 229 | +36 | 3 | 55 |
3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | HOUSTON PERSON To Etta With Love (HighNote — HCD 7127) |
244 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 5 |
4 | PHIL WOODS This Is How I Feel About Quincy (Jazzed Media — 783707946627) | 192 | 196 | -4 | 1 |
38 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | CLARK TERRY Porgy & Bess (Americana Music/A440 Music Group — 9002) |
161 | 188 | -27 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 10 |
9 | MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Oasis (CAP — 982) | 146 | 144 | +2 | 0 |
36 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | 13 | NEW STORIES Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope (Origin) |
146 | 146 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 |
7 | MATT WILSON’S ARTS & CRAFTS Wake Up! (to what’s happening) (Palmetto — 2104) | 145 | 172 |
-27 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | 29 | 38 | PARADIGM SHIFT Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) |
144 | 104 | +40 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 |
5 | ROYCE CAMPBELL Six By Six (Moon Cycle Records — JJ1975) | 143 | 170 | -27 | 0 |
32 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | 27 | 12 | KEN PEPLOWSKI Easy To Remember (Nagel Heyer — 2043) |
139 | 109 | +30 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 15 |
11 | MADELEINE PEYROUX Careless Love (Rounder) | 136 | 130 | +6 | 0 | 38 |
5 | 11 |
| 14 | 28 | 31 | WALLACE RONEY Prototype (HighNote) | 135 |
106 | +29 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | 29 |
JIM SNIDERO Close Up (Milestone) | 135 | 142 | -7 | 4 | 42 | 11 |
6 |
| 16 | 17 | 13 | JOE SAMPLE Soul Shadows (Verve Music Group — B0002834-02) | 127 |
127 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 7 |
| 16 | 12 | 9 |
NANCY WILSON R.S.V.P. (MCG Jazz — 1013) | 127 | 140 | -13 | 2 | 26 |
2 | 14 |
| 18 | 25 | 21 | DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark — DE-556) |
126 | 112 | +14 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 22 |
29 | RENE MARIE Serene Renegade (MAXJAZZ — MXJ120) | 125 | 119 | +6 | 1 |
38 | 19 | 8 |
| 20 | 18 | 16 | PATRICIA BARBER Live: A Fortnight In France (Blue Note — 78213) |
124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 12 |
| 21 | — |
— | DIANNE REEVES Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) | 123 | 3 | +120 | 19 | 32 |
21 | 1 |
| 22 | 13 | 15 | THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO Someday My Prince Will Come (Eighty-Eights/Columbia) | 120 |
132 | -12 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 11 |
| 23 | 23 | 23 |
GERI ALLEN The Life Of A Song (Telarc Jazz — 83598) | 116 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
1 | 15 |
| 24 | 32 | 34 | MAURICE BROWN Hip To Bop (Brown Records — BR1014) |
114 | 97 | +17 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 7 |
| 24 | 31 |
36 | PUCHO & HIS LATIN SOUL BROTHERS The Hideout (Milestone) | 114 | 99 | +15 | 0 |
24 | 24 | 3 |
| 26 | 16 | 25 | TONY MONACO Firey Blues (Summit — 425) |
113 | 128 | -15 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 6 |
| 27 | 23 |
26 | ELVIN JONES JAZZ MACHINE The Truth (Half Note Records) | 111 | 116 | -5 | 0 | 32 |
23 | 6 |
| 27 | 18 | 21 | NORMAN SIMMONS In Private (Savant — SCD 2056) |
111 | 124 | -13 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 9 |
| 29 | 20 |
17 | RAY MANTILLA Man-Ti-Ya (Savant — SCD 2059) | 110 | 123 | -13 | 0 |
28 | 6 | 8 |
| 30 | 34 | 38 | MICHAEL WOLFF Dangerous Vision (Artimas) |
106 | 93 | +13 | 3 | 30 | 30 | 3 |
| 31 | 50 |
50 | CHAKA KHAN Classikhan (AGU Sanctuary Records — 8752) | 98 | 74 | +24 | 4 |
23 | 31 | 3 |
| 32 | 20 | 27 | MARTIJN VAN ITERSON QUARTET The Whole Bunch (Munich Records — BMCD 446) |
96 | 123 | -27 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 5 |
| 33 | 33 |
37 | ALICE COLTRANE Translinear Light (Impulse — 0002199102) | 94 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
29 | 21 | 9 |
| 33 | 26 | 18 | JANE MONHEIT Taking A Chance On Love (Sony Classical — 92495) |
94 | 111 | -17 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 14 |
| 33 | 49 |
41 | RAY CHARLES Genius Loves Company (Concord — 2248) | 94 | 75 | +19 | 0 |
26 | 6 | 17 |
| 36 | 39 | 38 | IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Still Smokin’ (Sharp Nine) |
93 | 84 | +9 | 1 | 26 | 28 | 6 |
| 37 | — |
45 | SAI GHOSE TRIO E-Motion (Summit) | 87 | 68 | +19 | 2 | 26 |
37 | 3 |
| 38 | 45 | 49 | MICHAEL JAMES TURRE Compositions (Illusory) | 86 |
79 | +7 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 3 |
| 38 | 14 | 18 |
PETER LEITCH Autobiography (Reservoir — CD179) | 86 | 131 | -45 | 0 | 22 |
7 | 10 |
| 40 | 30 | 18 | PAPA JOHN DEFRANCESCO Walking Uptown (Savant — SCD 2060) |
85 | 100 | -15 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 |
| 41 | — |
46 | TRIO MUNDO Rides Again (Zoho Music) | 82 | 69 | +13 | 0 | 17 |
34 | 8 |
| 42 | — | 50 | BOB DOROUGH Sunday At Iridium (Arbors) | 81 |
70 | +11 | 3 | 31 | 42 | 3 |
| 42 | 43 | 33 |
LYNNE ARRIALE Come Together (Motema — MTM 00001) | 81 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
5 | 12 |
| 44 | 44 | — | DENISE PERRIER Live At Yoshi’s (Chez Perrier Records) | 80 |
80 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 44 | 2 |
| 45 | 36 | 24 |
DON BYRON ivey-divey (Blue Note — 7243 5 78215 2 0) | 78 | 91 | -13 | 3 | 26 |
20 | 10 |
| 45 | 48 | — | QUEEN LATIFAH The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) | 78 |
76 | +2 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 5 |
| 47 | — | 43 |
MANUEL VALERA Forma Nueva (MAVO Records — 1101) | 77 | 60 | +17 | 3 | 23 |
38 | 6 |
| 48 | 41 | 42 | ROB SCHNEIDERMAN Back In Town (Reservoir — 178) |
76 | 83 | -7 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 6 |
| 49 | 38 |
34 | MANHATTAN TRANSFER Vibrate (Telarc) | 74 | 85 | -11 | 2 | 24 |
15 | 9 |
| 50 | — | — | JOSH WORKMAN Jumpin’ At The Border (Tetrachord) | 72 |
65 | +7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 9 |
