#1 Jazz Albums of 1993: Side-by-Side Charts

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Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox
Jan 2	I Heard You Twice the First Time Branford Marsalis	Snapshot George Duke	Comme Ci comme Ca Fred Wesley
Jan 9
Jan 16	25 Harry Connick, Jr.	Breathless Kenny G
Jan 23			Breathless Kenny G
Jan 30
Feb 6
Feb 13
Feb 20
Feb 27
Mar 6
Mar 13	Perfectly Frank Tony Bennett
Mar 20
Mar 27	So Near, So Far Joe Henderson
Apr 3
Apr 10		Soul Embrace Richard Elliot
Apr 17
Apr 24		Cache Kirk Whalum
May 1
May 8		Wes Bound Lee Ritenour
May 15			Wes Bound Lee Ritenour
May 22
May 29
June 5	Invitation Joe Sample
June 12			Dragonfly Summer Michael Franks
June 19		Dragonfly Summer Michael Franks
June 26
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31	Take a Look Natalie Cole	Worth Waiting For Jeff Lorber
Aug 7
Aug 14		Love Remembers George Benson
Aug 21			Love Remembers George Benson
Aug 28
Sept 4
Sept 11
Sept 18
Sept 25	Live at Montreux Miles Davis & Quincy Jones	Between the Sheets Fourplay
Oct 2			Between the Sheets Fourplay
Oct 9
Oct 16
Oct 23
Oct 30
Nov 6	Wish Wish
Nov 13
Nov 20
Nov 27
Dec 4*	Steppin’ Out Tony Bennett	Breathless Kenny G
Dec 11
Dec 18
Dec 25
Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox

*With the December 4 issue, Billboard began publishing SoundScan charts.

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#1 Jazz Albums of 1992: Side-by-Side Charts

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Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox
Jan 4	Blue Light, Red Light Harry Connick, Jr.	Fourplay Fourplay	Fourplay Fourplay
Jan 11
Jan 18
Jan 25
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Feb 29
Mar 7
Mar 14	The Gershwin Connection Dave Grusin
Mar 21
Mar 28
Apr 4
Apr 11	You Gotta Pay the Band Abbey Lincoln feat. Stan Getz
Apr 18
Apr 25	Lush Life Joe Henderson
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6		Next Exit Grover Washington, Jr.
June 13			Do I Ever Cross Your Mind George Howard
June 20	Here’s to Life Shirley Horn	Upfront David Sanborn
June 27
July 4
July 11			Upfront David Sanborn
July 18
July 25			Do I Ever Cross Your Mind George Howard
Aug 1
Aug 8			Here’s to Life Shirley Horn
Aug 15
Aug 22
Aug 29		Doo-Bop Miles Davis
Sept 5
Sept 12
Sept 19
Sept 26
Oct 3
Oct 10	Goin’ Back to New Orleans Dr. John
Oct 17			Goin’ Back to New Orleans Dr. John
Oct 24	I Heard You Twice the First Time Branford Marsalis	Cool Bob James & Earl Klugh
Oct 31			I Heard You Twice the First Time Branford Marsalis
Nov 7
Nov 14			Comme Ci comme Ca Fred Wesley
Nov 21
Nov 28
Dec 5
Dec 12
Dec 19		Snapshot George Duke
Dec 26
Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox

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#1 Jazz Albums of 1991: Side-by-Side Charts

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Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox Contemporary
Jan 5	Roots Revisited Maceo Parker	Ashes to Ashes Joe Sample	So Much to Say Take 6
Jan 12
Jan 19
Jan 26			Ashes to Ashes Joe Sample
Feb 2	We Are in Love Harry Connick, Jr.
Feb 9
Feb 16		Dream Come True Gerald Albright
Feb 23			Dream Come True Gerald Albright
Mar 2
Mar 9
Mar 16	Alone with Three Giants Marcus Roberts
Mar 23
Mar 30	You Won’t Forget Me Shirley Horn	Pure Schuur Diane Schuur
Apr 6
Apr 13			Pure Schuur Diane Schuur
Apr 20
Apr 27		Love and Understanding George Howard	Love and Understanding George Howard
May 4
May 11		Greenhouse Yellowjackets
May 18
May 25	Standard Time, Vol. 2 Wynton Marsalis	Midnight in San Juan Earl Klugh	Greenhouse Yellowjackets
June 1
June 8			Healing the Wounds The Crusaders
June 15
June 22		Healing the Wounds The Crusaders
June 29
July 6	I Remember Dianne Reeves
July 13
July 20
July 27
Aug 3	Unforgettable Natalie Cole		Collection Spyro Gyra
Aug 10
Aug 17		Listen Love Jon Lucien	Saxuality Candy Dulfer
Aug 24
Aug 31
Sept 7
Sept 14
Sept 21
Sept 28	Another Hand David Sanborn	Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Béla Fleck & The Flecktones	Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Oct 5
Oct 12	Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 Wynton Marsalis	Curves Ahead The Rippingtons	Curves Ahead The Rippingtons
Oct 19
Oct 26	Blue Light, Red Light Harry Connick, Jr.	Fourplay Fourplay
Nov 2
Nov 9
Nov 16
Nov 23			Fourplay Fourplay
Nov 30
Dec 7
Dec 14
Dec 21
Dec 28
Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox Contemporary

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#1 Jazz Albums of 1990: Side-by-Side Charts

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Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox Traditional	CashBox Contemporary
Jan 6	Waiting for Spring David Benoit	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown Various Artists	Waiting for Spring David Benoit	At Last Lou Rawls
Jan 13
Jan 20		Back on the Block Quincy Jones		Back on the Block Quincy Jones
Jan 27
Feb 3	When Harry Met Sally soundtrack Harry Connick, Jr.
Feb 10			When Harry Met Sally soundtrack Harry Connick, Jr.
Feb 17
Feb 24
Mar 3
Mar 10			On Fire Michel Camilo
Mar 17
Mar 24			When Harry Met Sally soundtrack Harry Connick, Jr.
Mar 31	Reunion Gary Burton
Apr 7			Reunion Gary Burton
Apr 14		Never Too Far Dianne Reeves
Apr 21
Apr 28	Remembrance Harper Brothers			Never Too Far Dianne Reeves
May 5			Remembrance Harper Brothers
May 12		London Warsaw New York Basia
May 19
May 26				London Warsaw New York Basia
June 2
June 9	Deep in the Shed Marcus Roberts	Tokyo Blue Najee
June 16			Deep in the Shed Marcus Roberts
June 23	Time on My Hands John Scofield			Tokyo Blue Najee
June 30			Time on My Hands John Scofield
July 7		Cornucopia Stanley Jordan
July 14
July 21	Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 3 Wynton Marsalis	Tokyo Blue Najee
July 28
Aug 4		Fast Forward Spyro Gyra	Parallel Realities Jack DeJohnette
Aug 11				Fast Forward Spyro Gyra
Aug 18			Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 3 Wynton Marsalis
Aug 25
Sept 1
Sept 8			No chart
Sept 15	We are in Love Harry Connick, Jr.	Blue Pacific Michael Franks
Sept 22
Sept 29				Blue Pacific Michael Franks
Oct 6
Oct 13				Welcome to The St. James Club The Rippingtons
Oct 20
Oct 27	Mo’ Better Blues soundtrack Branford Marsalis & Terence Blanchard	Welcome to The St. James Club The Rippingtons		Blue Pacific Michael Franks
Nov 3
Nov 10				Welcome to The St. James Club The Rippingtons
Nov 17
Nov 24		The Journey Bobby Lyle
Dec 1
Dec 8	Roots Revisited Maceo Parker	Ashes to Ashes Joe Sample		So Much 2 Say Take 6
Dec 15
Dec 22
Dec 29
Wk	Billboard	Billboard Contemporary	CashBox Traditional	CashBox Contemporary

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Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence

ECM 1024, released 1973

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DownBeat, August 16, 1973, p. 22

Stereo Review, October 1974, p. 114

Billboard, March 30, 1974, p. 104

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Also:

• The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★
• The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★★★★
• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★★
• Allmusic: ★★★★

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The Horace Smith Quintet – Song for My Father

Blue Note 4185, released 1965

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DownBeat, February 25, 1965, p. 29

Stereo Review, June 1965, p. 92

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Also:

• The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★★
• The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★★★
• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★★★
• Allmusic: ★★★★★

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Jimmy Smith – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Verve 8583, released 1964

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Downbeat, June 18, 1964, p. 26

CashBox, April 25, 1964, p. 32

Billboard, April 18, 1964, p. 62

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Also:

• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★★
• Allmusic: ★★½

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