| TW | LW | 2W | Artist | TW |
LW | Move | Add | Rpts | Peak | Wks |
| 1 | 1 | 2 |
Eric Alexander Dead Center (HighNote — HCD 7131) | 300 | 304 | -4 | 0 | 55 |
1 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) | 267 |
289 | -22 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 |
Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot (Palmetto — PM 2105) | 244 | 272 | -28 | 0 | 53 |
1 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Houston Person To Etta With Love (HighNote — HCD 7127) |
234 | 243 | -9 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 |
21 | Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here (Blue Note) | 219 | 150 | +69 | 8 | 47 |
5 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | 14 | Jim Snidero Close Up (Milestone) | 173 |
158 | +15 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | 5 |
Phil Woods This Is How I Feel About Quincy (Jazzed Media — 783707946627) | 164 | 195 | -31 | 0 | 42 |
2 | 11 |
| 7 | 14 | 12 | Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember (Nagel Heyer — 2043) |
164 | 130 | +34 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | 12 |
10 | Paradigm Shift Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) | 146 | 138 | +8 | 0 | 40 |
9 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | 7 | New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope (Origin) | 143 |
150 | -7 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 8 |
| 11 | 31 | 45 |
Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) | 138 | 93 | +45 | 6 | 32 | 11 |
7 |
| 12 | 24 | 24 | Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout (Milestone) | 136 |
115 | +21 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 8 | 14 |
Wallace Roney Prototype (HighNote) | 135 | 150 | -15 | 1 | 41 | 8 |
5 |
| 14 | 13 | 32 | Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch (Munich Records — BMCD 446) | 131 |
133 | -2 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 7 |
| 14 | 5 | 6 |
Clark Terry Porgy & Bess (Americana Music/A440 Music Group — 9002) | 131 | 205 | -74 | 2 |
31 | 5 | 14 |
| 16 | 11 | 18 | Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark — DE-556) |
130 | 143 | -13 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 |
| 17 | 20 |
26 | Tony Monaco Firey Blues (Summit — 425) | 123 | 118 | +5 | 1 |
34 | 16 | 8 |
| 18 | 21 | 30 | Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision (Artimas) |
121 | 117 | +4 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 5 |
| 19 | — |
— | Yellowjackets Peace Round (Heads Up) | 117 | — | +117 | 10 | 30 | 19 |
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| 20 | 21 | 24 | Maurice Brown Hip To Bop (Brown Records — BR1014) | 116 |
117 | -1 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 9 |
| 21 | 17 | 16 |
Joe Sample Soul Shadows (Verve Music Group — B0002834-02) | 112 | 127 | -15 | 1 | 27 |
13 | 9 |
| 22 | 23 | 13 | Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love (Rounder) | 111 |
116 | -5 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 13 |
| 22 | 15 | 7 |
Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble Oasis (CAP — 982) | 111 | 128 | -17 | 1 | 29 |
7 | 10 |
| 24 | 26 | 27 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth (Half Note Records) | 108 |
107 | +1 | 0 | 32 | 23 | 8 |
| 25 | 47 | 47 |
Manuel Valera Forma Nueva (MAVO Records — 1101) | 107 | 72 | +35 | 1 | 32 |
25 | 8 |
| 26 | 31 | 33 | Ray Charles Genius Loves Company (Concord — 2248) |
104 | 93 | +11 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 19 |
| 27 | 18 |
22 | The Great Jazz Trio Someday My Prince Will Come (Eighty-Eights/Columbia) | 103 | 124 | -21 | 0 | 27 |
9 | 13 |
| 28 | 15 | 9 | Matt Wilson’s Arts & Crafts Wake Up! (to what’s happening) (Palmetto — 2104) |
98 | 128 | -30 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 14 |
| 28 | 31 |
40 | Papa John DeFrancesco Walking Uptown (Savant — SCD 2060) | 98 | 93 | +5 | 0 |
28 | 11 | 11 |
| 28 | 19 | 16 | Nancy Wilson R.S.V.P. (MCG Jazz — 1013) |
98 | 122 | -24 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 16 |
| 31 | 24 |
11 | Royce Campbell Six By Six (Moon Cycle Records — JJ1975) | 96 | 115 | -19 | 0 |
32 | 5 | 13 |
| 32 | 35 | 44 | Denise Perrier Live At Yoshi’s (Chez Perrier Records) |
95 | 90 | +5 | 1 | 35 | 32 | 4 |
| 33 | 30 |
27 | Norman Simmons In Private (Savant — SCD 2056) | 94 | 95 | -1 | 1 |
27 | 14 | 11 |
| 34 | 41 | 19 | Rene Marie Serene Renegade (MAXJAZZ — MXJ120) |
93 | 86 | +7 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 10 |
| 35 | 48 |
— | Royce Campbell A Jazz Guitar Christmas (Moon Cycle Records) | 90 | 71 | +19 | 16 | 33 |
35 | 2 |
| 35 | 39 | — | George Kahn Compared To What? (Playing Records) | 90 |
87 | +3 | 0 | 28 | 35 | 2 |
| 35 | 36 | 38 |
Peter Leitch Autobiography (Reservoir — CD179) | 90 | 89 | +1 | 1 | 28 |
7 | 12 |
| 35 | 48 | 31 | Chaka Khan Classikhan (AGU Sanctuary Records — 8752) |
90 | 71 | +19 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 5 |
| 39 | 37 |
29 | Ray Mantilla Man-Ti-Ya (Savant — SCD 2059) | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 |
23 | 6 | 10 |
| 40 | — | 33 | Alice Coltrane Translinear Light (Impulse — 0002199102) |
82 | 69 | +13 | 0 | 32 | 21 | 11 |
| 41 | 37 |
23 | Geri Allen The Life Of A Song (Telarc Jazz — 83598) | 80 | 88 | -8 | 1 |
23 | 1 | 17 |
| 42 | — | — | Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here (Ambient) | 79 |
58 | +21 | 0 | 27 | 42 | 1 |
| 42 | 28 | 20 |
Patricia Barber Live: A Fortnight In France (Blue Note — 78213) | 79 | 98 | -19 | 0 | 20 |
9 | 14 |
| 44 | 29 | 42 | Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium (Arbors) | 77 |
97 | -20 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 5 |
| 44 | — | — | Orbert Davis Blue Notes (3 Sixteen) |
77 | 31 | +46 | 21 | 24 | 44 | 1 |
| 46 | — |
— | Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself (Verve Music Group — B0000887-02) | 76 | 64 | +12 |
2 | 23 | 46 | 1 |
| 47 | — | — | Anthony Wonsey Blues For Hiroshi (Sharp Nine) |
75 | 60 | +15 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 8 |
| 48 | 42 |
37 | Sai Ghose Trio E-Motion (Summit) | 74 | 80 | -6 | 2 | 26 |
37 | 5 |
| 49 | — | — | Jessica Williams Live At Yoshi’s Volume One (MAXJAZZ — MXJ 210) |
73 | 64 | +9 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 18 |
| 50 | — |
— | Beegie Adair Christmas Jazz (Village Square Music) | 72 | — | +72 | 7 | 16 | 50 |
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