Charting the Charts: Wilton Felder – Gentle Fire (1983)

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Here’s a look at how the Wilton Felder album Gentle Fire fared on various album charts:

1983
Date	Billboard Jazz (50)	Billboard R&B (75)	Radio & Records Jazz (30)	Cashbox Jazz (30)	CashBox R&B (75)
April 16	28		16
April 23			12
April 30	28		8	21
May 7			6	15	65
May 14	13	60	3	13	61
May 21		55	3	11	58
May 28	8	55	3	9	54
June 4		64	3	8	53
June 11	8	71	2	10	62
June 18		71	3	16	75
June 25	12		11	14	74
July 2			15	16
July 9	21		15	26
July 16			13
July 23	28		13
July 30			14	27
Aug 6	37		21	25
Aug 13				21
Aug 20	37			17
Aug 27				17
Sept 3	26			21
Sept 10				22
Sept 17	26			24
Sept 24				23
Oct 1	31			28
Oct 8
Oct 15	47

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Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1987

In 1987, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Forty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1987:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 3	Tutu	Miles Davis
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7	Nice Place to Be	George Howard
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7	A Change of Heart	David Sanborn
March 14
March 21
March 28	Najee’s Theme	Najee
April 4
April 11	A Change of Heart	David Sanborn
April 18
April 25	Najee’s Theme	Najee
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13	Duotones	Kenny G
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29
September 5	Collaboration	George Benson & Earl Klugh
September 12	Still Life (Talking)	Pat Metheny Group
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10	Collaboration	George Benson & Earl Klugh
October 17	Still Life (Talking)	Pat Metheny Group
October 24	Collaboration	George Benson & Earl Klugh
October 31
November 7	Standard Time, Vol. 1	Wynton Marsalis
November 14
November 21
November 28	Collaboration	George Benson & Earl Klugh
December 5	Standard Time, Vol. 1	Wynton Marsalis
December 12
December 19
December 26	Renaissance	Branford Marsalis

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986

Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1985

In 1985, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Forty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1985:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 5	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16	Straight to the Heart	David Sanborn
February 23
March 2
March 9
March 16
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11	Magic Touch	Stanley Jordan
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6	Soda Fountain Shuffle	Earl Klugh
July 13
July 20
July 27	Dancing in the Sun	George Howard
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5
October 12	Harlequin	Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin
October 19	Skin Dive	Michael Franks
October 26
November 2
November 9	Live in London	Al Jarreau
November 16	Black Codes (From the Underground)	Pat Metheny Group
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14	Fables	Jean-Luc Ponty
December 21
December 28

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984

Charting the Charts: Chuck Mangione – Fun and Games (1980)

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Here’s a look at how the Chuck Mangione album Fun and Games fared on various charts:

1980
Date	Billboard Jazz (50)	Billboard 200	Cash Box 200	Cash Box Jazz (40)
Feb 23	23	66	62	15
March 1	2	29	15	7
March 8	2	10	10	3
March 15	1	8	10	1
March 22	1	8	9	1
March 29	2	8	9	1
April 5	2	8	12	1
April 12	3	14	15	1
April 19	3	19	18	1
April 26	4	28	21	1
May 3	4	30	25	4
May 10	5	38	37	5
May 17	5	54	43	5
May 24	5	75	52	4
May 31	9	82	71	4
June 7	11	83	77	9
June 14	11	103	89	11
June 21	12	153	146	11
June 28	13	159	161	12
July 5	23	170	167	16
July 12	25	186	195	18
July 19	25	199		20
July 26	28	200		24
Aug 2	28			28
Aug 9	29			33
Aug 16	29			33
Aug 23	35			34
Aug 30	35			35
Sept 6	33			38
Sept 13	32			38
Sept 20	33			38
Sept 27	33			39
Oct 4	41			39
Oct 11	43			40

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REVIEWS:

Billboard, February 16, 1980, p. 91

Cash Box, February 9. 1980, p. 15

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Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1984

In 1984, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Thirty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1984:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 7	Backstreet	David Sanborn
January 14	December	George Winston
January 21
January 28	Backstreet	David Sanborn
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
March 3
March 10
March 17	Imagine This	Pieces of a Dream
March 24
March 31	Backstreet	David Sanborn
April 7	Wishful Thinking	Earl Klugh
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19	Rejoicing	Pat Metheny with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16	Wishful Thinking	Earl Klugh
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11	Access All Areas	Spyro Gyra
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
October 20
October 27
November 3	Inside Moves	Grover Washington, Jr.
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8	First Circle	Pat Metheny Group
December 15
December 22
December 29

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983

Jazz Short Takes, August 1980

 

Click on the thumbnail below to open a pdf file of the “Jazz Short Takes” from Musician magazine’s August, 1980 issue. Artists include Stuff, Manhattan Transfer, and Chick Corea.

 

Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1983

In 1983, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Thirty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums for 1983:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 1	Two of a Kind	Bob James & Earl Klugh
January 8
January 15	The Best is Yet to Come	Grover Washington, Jr.
January 22
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16	Procession	Weather Report
April 23
April 30	Jarreau	Al Jarreau
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28	Low Ride	Earl Klugh
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25	Jarreau	Al Jarreau
July 2	In Your Eyes	George Benson
July 9
July 16
July 23
July 30
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8
October 15/td>	Individual Choice	Jean-Luc Ponty
October 22
October 29	Foxie	Bob James
November 5
November 12
November 19	Individual Choice	Jean-Luc Ponty
November 26
December 3
December 10	Backstreet	David Sanborn
December 17
December 24
December 31

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#1 Cash Box Jazz Albums:
1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982