Top Albums Released on the Elektra/Musician label, 1982-84

Here’s a list of all 34 albums released on the Elektra/Musician label that reached the Billboard magazine Jazz LPs chart. Albums have been ranked using a formula that takes into account chart peak positions, weeks on chart, and number of weeks at the peak position. Presented below in countdown order, including album’s chart peak and total number of weeks on the chart.

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
34	Bill Evans	Living in the Crest of a Wave	42	4
33	Woody Shaw	Master of the Art	42	4
32	McCoy Tyner	Dimensions	43	4
31	Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie	Smokin’	41	4
30	Various Artists	The Musicians Guide, Vol. 1	41	4

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
29	Sphere	Four in One	41	5
28	Bobby McFerrin	Bobby McFerrin	41	6
27	Bill Evans	The Paris Concert, Edition Two	37	6
26	David Sancious	The Bridge	36	8
25	Eric Gale	Island Breeze	35	8

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
24	John McLaughlin	My Goal’s Beyond	34	6
23	Material	Memory Serves	32	7
22	Various Artists	The Griffith Park Collection	35	12
21	Kevin Eubanks	Guitarist	32	10
20	Jimmy Smith	Keep On Comin’	35	13

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
19	Various Artists	Echoes of an Era 2	29	10
18	Bobby McFerrin	The Voice	24	10
17	Various Artists	In Performance at The Playboy Jazz Festival	35	14
16	Chico Freeman	Tradition in Transition	31	12
15	Charlie Parker	One Night in Washington	28	10

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
14	Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie	Observations &	23	13
13	Bill Evans	The Paris Concert, Edition One	19	12
12	Freddie Hubbard	Ride Like the Wind	24	18
11	Eric Gale	Blue Horizon	20	16
10	Dexter Gordon	American Classic	19	15

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
9	Steps Ahead	Steps Ahead	24	26
8	Chick Corea	Again and Again	15	20
7	Sadao Watanabe	Fill Up the Night	19	27
6	Steve Morse Band	The Introduction	15	27
5	John Klemmer	Finesse	10	24

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak	Weeks
4	Lee Ritenour	On the Line	12	30
3	Lee Ritenour	Rio	11	33
2	Steps Ahead	Modern Times	11	39
1	Jimmy Smith	Off the Top	5	43

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