| TW | LW | 2W | Artist |
TW | LW | Move | Add | Rpts | Peak | Wks |
| 1 | 1 |
3 | DOCTOR LONNIE SMITH Too Damn Hot (Palmetto — PM 2105) | 287 | 239 | +48 | 5 |
54 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | ERIC ALEXANDER Dead Center (HighNote — HCD 7131) |
284 | 228 | +56 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 |
2 | HOUSTON PERSON To Etta With Love (HighNote — HCD 7127) | 244 | 238 | +6 | 2 |
48 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 23 | STEVE TURRE The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) |
229 | 197 | +32 | 8 | 51 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 |
5 | PHIL WOODS This Is How I Feel About Quincy (Jazzed Media — 783707946627) | 196 | 213 | -17 | 1 |
44 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 | 25 | CLARK TERRY Porgy & Bess (Americana Music/A440 Music Group — 9002) |
188 | 186 | +2 | 4 | 35 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | 7 |
4 | MATT WILSON’S ARTS & CRAFTS Wake Up! (to what’s happening) (Palmetto — 2104) | 172 | 191 |
-19 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 6 | ROYCE CAMPBELL Six By Six (Moon Cycle Records — JJ1975) |
170 | 201 | -31 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 13 |
36 | NEW STORIES Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope (Origin) | 146 | 138 | +8 | 5 | 31 |
9 | 5 |
| 10 | 9 | 19 | MIKE LONGO AND THE NEW YORK STATE OF THE ART JAZZ ENSEMBLE Oasis (CAP — 982) |
144 | 162 | -18 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 7 |
| 11 | 29 |
— | JIM SNIDERO Close Up (Milestone) | 142 | 102 | +40 | 8 | 41 |
11 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | 7 | NANCY WILSON R.S.V.P. (MCG Jazz — 1013) |
140 | 162 | -22 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | 15 |
9 | THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO Someday My Prince Will Come (Eighty-Eights/Columbia) | 132 | 137 | -5 | 2 | 28 |
9 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 | 22 | PETER LEITCH Autobiography (Reservoir — CD179) |
131 | 121 | +10 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 9 |
| 15 | 11 |
10 | MADELEINE PEYROUX Careless Love (Rounder) | 130 | 148 | -18 | 4 | 38 |
5 | 10 |
| 16 | 25 | 28 | TONY MONACO Firey Blues (Summit — 425) |
128 | 109 | +19 | 4 | 44 | 16 | 5 |
| 17 | 13 |
15 | JOE SAMPLE Soul Shadows (Verve Music Group — B0002834-02) | 127 | 138 | -11 | 3 |
33 | 13 | 6 |
| 18 | 21 | 17 | NORMAN SIMMONS In Private (Savant — SCD 2056) |
124 | 117 | +7 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 8 |
| 18 | 16 |
19 | PATRICIA BARBER Live: A Fortnight In France (Blue Note — 78213) | 124 | 131 | -7 | 0 |
32 | 9 | 11 |
| 20 | 27 | 32 | MARTIJN VAN ITERSON QUARTET The Whole Bunch (Munich Records — BMCD 446) |
123 | 103 | +20 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 4 |
| 20 | 17 |
13 | RAY MANTILLA Man-Ti-Ya (Savant — SCD 2059) | 123 | 129 | -6 | 0 |
33 | 6 | 7 |
| 22 | 29 | 26 | RENE MARIE Serene Renegade (MAXJAZZ — MXJ120) |
119 | 102 | +17 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 7 |
| 23 | 26 |
29 | ELVIN JONES JAZZ MACHINE The Truth (Half Note Records) | 116 | 105 | +11 | 1 | 32 |
23 | 5 |
| 23 | 23 | 7 | GERI ALLEN The Life Of A Song (Telarc Jazz — 83598) |
116 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 14 |
| 25 | 21 |
41 | DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark — DE-556) | 112 | 117 | -5 | 3 |
26 | 21 | 5 |
| 26 | 18 | 11 | JANE MONHEIT Taking A Chance On Love (Sony Classical — 92495) |
111 | 121 | -10 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 13 |
| 27 | 12 |
41 | KEN PEPLOWSKI Easy To Remember (Nagel Heyer — 2043) | 109 | 141 | -32 | 4 |
34 | 12 | 4 |
| 28 | — | — | LESLIE PINTCHIK So Glad To Be Here (Ambient) | 107 |
46 | +61 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 1 |
| 29 | 31 | — |
WALLACE RONEY Prototype (HighNote) | 106 | 101 | +5 | 7 | 40 | 29 |
2 |
| 30 | 38 | 45 | PARADIGM SHIFT Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) | 104 | 92 |
+12 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 3 |
| 31 | 18 | 12 | PAPA JOHN DEFRANCESCO Walking Uptown (Savant — SCD 2060) |
100 | 121 | -21 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 8 |
| 32 | 36 |
— | PUCHO & HIS LATIN SOUL BROTHERS The Hideout (Milestone) | 99 | 95 | +4 | 4 |
33 | 32 | 2 |
| 33 | 34 | 39 | MAURICE BROWN Hip To Bop (Brown Records — BR1014) |
97 | 98 | -1 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 6 |
| 34 | 37 |
32 | ALICE COLTRANE Translinear Light (Impulse — 0002199102) | 94 | 94 | 0 | 3 |
29 | 21 | 8 |
| 35 | 43 | 27 | BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET Eternal (Marsalis Music/ Rounder Records — 11661-3309-2) |
93 | 87 | +6 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 12 |
| 35 | 38 |
— | MICHAEL WOLFF Dangerous Vision (Artimas) | 93 | 92 | +1 | 8 | 29 |
35 | 2 |
| 37 | 24 | 34 | DON BYRON ivey-divey (Blue Note — 7243 5 78215 2 0) |
91 | 111 | -20 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 9 |
| 38 | 27 |
30 | FRANK MORGAN City Nights: Live at the Jazz Standard (HighNote — 7129) | 90 | 103 | -13 | 0 |
21 | 6 | 15 |
| 39 | 34 | 15 | MANHATTAN TRANSFER Vibrate (Telarc) |
85 | 98 | -13 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 8 |
| 40 | — |
44 | JESSICA WILLIAMS Live At Yoshi’s Volume One (MAXJAZZ — MXJ 210) | 84 | 67 | +17 |
1 | 30 | 7 | 15 |
| 40 | 38 | 31 | IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH Still Smokin’ (Sharp Nine) |
84 | 92 | -8 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
| 42 | 32 |
18 | AL JARREAU Accentuate The Positive (Verve Music Group — 01312) | 83 | 100 | -17 | 0 |
24 | 3 | 17 |
| 42 | 42 | — | ROB SCHNEIDERMAN Back In Town (Reservoir — 178) |
83 | 90 | -7 | 1 | 23 | 38 | 5 |
| 44 | 33 |
14 | LYNNE ARRIALE Come Together (Motema — MTM 00001) | 81 | 99 | -18 | 1 |
29 | 5 | 11 |
| 45 | — | — | DENISE PERRIER Live At Yoshi’s (Chez Perrier Records) |
80 | 66 | +14 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 1 |
| 46 | 49 |
— | MICHAEL JAMES TURRE Compositions (Illusory) | 79 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 26 |
46 | 2 |
| 46 | — | 45 | BUDDY RICH No Funny Hats (Lightyear Entertainment/Lobitios Creek Ranch — 54666-2) |
79 | 76 | +3 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 5 |
| 48 | — |
48 | MARK ELF Glad To Be Back (Jen Bay Records — 0010) | 78 | 77 | +1 | 0 |
22 | 1 | 15 |
| 49 | — | — | QUEEN LATIFAH The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) | 76 |
58 | +18 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 4 |
| 50 | 41 | 19 |
RAY CHARLES Genius Loves Company (Concord — 2248) | 75 | 91 | -16 | 1 | 23 |
6 | 16 |
