| TW | LW | 2W | Artist | TW | LW | Move | Add | Rpts | Peak | Wks |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Steve Turre The Spirits Up Above (HighNote) | 223 | 290 | -67 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Doctor Lonnie Smith Too Damn Hot (Palmetto — PM 2105) | 219 | 261 | -42 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Eric Alexander Dead Center (HighNote — HCD 7131) | 201 | 264 | -63 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 | — | David Sanborn Closer (Verve Music Group) | 201 | 139 | +62 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Jim Snidero Close Up (Milestone) | 200 | 211 | -11 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 10 | 20 | Shelly Berg Trio Blackbird (Concord Jazz — 2216-2) | 196 | 156 | +40 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | 8 | Orbert Davis Blue Notes (3 Sixteen) | 192 | 174 | +18 | 5 | 44 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | 7 | Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album (Qwest) | 182 | 193 | -11 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 28 | — | Jay Leonhart Cool (Sons of Sound — 0022) | 157 | 96 | +61 | 12 | 45 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Houston Person To Etta With Love (HighNote — HCD 7127) | 154 | 226 | -72 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | — | — | Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra A Love Supreme (Palmetto) | 150 | 64 | +86 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 22 | — | Christian Jacob Styne and Mine (WilderJazz) | 148 | 106 | +42 | 9 | 40 | 12 | 2 |
| 13 | 29 | 35 | Caribbean Jazz Project Here and Now: Live In Concert (Concord Picante) | 144 | 95 | +49 | 9 | 39 | 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 19 | 13 | Tony Monaco Firey Blues (Summit — 425) | 139 | 124 | +15 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 13 |
| 15 | 8 | 11 | Ken Peplowski Easy To Remember (Nagel Heyer — 2043) | 122 | 159 | -37 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 | 15 | 14 | Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers The Hideout (Milestone) | 119 | 133 | -14 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 10 |
| 17 | 8 | 14 | Paradigm Shift Shifting Times (Nagel Heyer) | 116 | 159 | -43 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 11 |
| 18 | 17 | 9 | Deep Blue Organ Trio Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark — DE-556) | 113 | 127 | -14 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 13 |
| 19 | 25 | 17 | Michael Wolff Dangerous Vision (Artimas) | 111 | 99 | +12 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 10 |
| 20 | 13 | 9 | Wallace Roney Prototype (HighNote) | 105 | 136 | -31 | 0 | 36 | 8 | 10 |
| 20 | 11 | 16 | Martijn van Iterson Quartet The Whole Bunch (Munich Records — BMCD 446) | 105 | 142 | -37 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 12 |
| 22 | 14 | 18 | Clark Terry Porgy & Bess (Americana Music/A440 Music Group — 9002) | 103 | 134 | -31 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 19 |
| 22 | 16 | 6 | New Stories Hope Is the Air: Music of Elmo Hope (Origin) | 103 | 128 | -25 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 13 |
| 24 | 18 | 19 | Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love (Rounder) | 101 | 126 | -25 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 18 |
| 24 | — | — | Ken Walker Terra Firma (Synergy Music) | 101 | 62 | +39 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 1 |
| 26 | — | — | Michel Camilo Solo (Telarc Jazz — 83613) | 98 | 11 | +87 | 19 | 28 | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | 20 | 24 | Mike Longo and the New York State of the Art Jazz Ensemble Oasis (CAP — 982) | 97 | 113 | -16 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 15 |
| 28 | 40 | — | Roditi / Ignatzek / Rassinfosse Light In The Dark (Nagel Heyer — 2047) | 92 | 74 | +18 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 33 | 12 | Phil Woods This Is How I Feel About Quincy (Jazzed Media — 783707946627) | 90 | 88 | +2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 16 |
| 29 | 30 | 34 | Leslie Pintchik So Glad To Be Here (Ambient) | 90 | 94 | -4 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 6 |
| 31 | 34 | 29 | Chaka Khan Classikhan (AGU Sanctuary Records — 8752) | 87 | 86 | +1 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 10 |
| 32 | — | — | Carl Amundson & The Modern Guitar Quintet Guitarists (Blue Line Music — BLM 0204) | 85 | 37 | +48 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | — | — | Stefano di Battista Parker’s Mood (Blue Note) | 84 | — | +84 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 1 |
| 33 | 27 | 30 | Maurice Brown Hip To Bop (Brown Records — BR1014) | 84 | 97 | -13 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 14 |
| 35 | 42 | 26 | Linda Ronstadt Hummin’ to Myself (Verve Music Group — B0000887-02) | 82 | 71 | +11 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 6 |
| 36 | 38 | 39 | Bob Dorough Sunday At Iridium (Arbors) | 81 | 78 | +3 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 10 |
| 37 | 23 | 21 | Joe Sample Soul Shadows (Verve Music Group — B0002834-02) | 80 | 104 | -24 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 14 |
| 38 | — | — | Donald Harrison Free Style (Nagel Heyer — 2059) | 77 | 56 | +21 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 1 |
| 38 | 36 | — | Sasha Dobson withThe Chris Byars Octet The Darkling Thrush (Smalls Records) | 77 | 81 | -4 | 3 | 27 | 36 | 2 |
| 40 | 39 | 28 | George Kahn Compared To What? (Playing Records) | 76 | 75 | +1 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 7 |
| 41 | — | — | Roger Kellaway I Was There- Roger Kellaway Plays From The Bobby Darin Songbook (IPO Recordings) | 75 | 19 | +56 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 1 |
| 42 | 42 | 32 | Al Jarreau Accentuate The Positive (Verve Music Group — 01312) | 73 | 71 | +2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 25 |
| 43 | 20 | 23 | Manuel Valera Forma Nueva (MAVO Records — 1101) | 69 | 113 | -44 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 13 |
| 44 | 24 | 26 | Elvin Jones Jazz Machine The Truth (Half Note Records) | 67 | 103 | -36 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 13 |
| 45 | 47 | 37 | Alice Coltrane Translinear Light (Impulse — 0002199102) | 66 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| 45 | — | — | Roomful Of Blues Standing Room Only (Alligator) | 66 | 58 | +8 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 1 |
| 47 | — | — | Octobop After Dark (Mystic Lane Productions — CD 030 465) | 65 | 46 | +19 | 7 | 21 | 47 | 1 |
| 47 | 47 | — | Randy Halberstadt Parallel Tracks (Origin Records) | 65 | 66 | -1 | 1 | 20 | 47 | 4 |
| 47 | 42 | 39 | Peter Cincotti On The Moon (Concord — 2221-2) | 65 | 71 | -6 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 21 |
| 50 | — | — | Medeski Martin & Wood End of The World Party (Blue Note — 72430595633 2 9) | 63 | 60 | +3 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
