#1 Jazz Albums of 1976: Side-by-Side Charts

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Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Record World
Jan 3	Feels So Good Grover Washington, Jr.	No chart	Feel So Good Grover Washington, Jr.
Jan 10
Jan 17
Jan 24
Jan 31
Feb 7
Feb 14	Places and Spaces Donald Byrd		(chart unavailable)
Feb 21			City Life Blackbyrds
Feb 28
Mar 6
Mar 13	City Life Blackbyrds
Mar 20			Places and Spaces Donald Byrd
Mar 27	The Leprechaun Chick Corea		City Life Blackbyrds
Apr 3
Apr 10	City Life Blackbyrds
Apr 17
Apr 24			The Leprechaun Chick Corea
May 1			Breezin’ George Benson
May 8	Breezin’ George Benson
May 15
May 22			(chart unavailable)
May 29			Breezin’ George Benson
June 5
June 12			(chart unavailable)
June 19			Breezin’ George Benson
June 26
July 3			(chart unavailable)
July 10		Breezin’ George Benson	Breezin’ George Benson
July 17
July 24			(charts unavailable)
July 31
Aug 7
Aug 14			Breezin’ George Benson
Aug 21
Aug 28
Sept 4
Sept 11
Sept 18
Sept 25
Oct 2
Oct 9	Secrets Herbie Hancock
Oct 16			(chart unavailable)
Oct 23	Breezin’ George Benson		Breezin’ George Benson
Oct 30			(chart unavailable)
Nov 6			Breezin’ George Benson
Nov 13
Nov 20
Nov 27	I Heard That!! Quincy Jones
Dec 4
Dec 11	Breezin’ George Benson		(charts unavailable)
Dec 18
Dec 25	I Heard That!! Quincy Jones		Breezin’ George Benson
Week	Billboard	Cash Box	Record World

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In the Pocket: 70s Jazz-Funk (2013)

2013 UK Compilation

TRACKS:

1.  “Just Around the Corner” by Herbie Hancock.  Taken from the album Mr. Hands (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
2.  “Coming To You Live” by Charles Earland.  Taken from the album Coming To You Live (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #33 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
3.  “Barbara Ann” by Webster Lewis.  Taken from the album Touch My Love (1978, Epic).
4.  “Brazilica” by Ramsey Lewis. Taken from the album Salongo (1976, Columbia). Album peaked at #7 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
5.  “In the Park” by Lonnie Liston Smith.  Taken from the album Love is the Answer (1980, Columbia). Album peaked at #16 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
6.  “Hop Scotch” by Harvey Mason.  Taken from the album Marching in the Street (1975, Arista). Album peaked at #19 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
7.  “Zaius” by Eddie Russ.  Taken from the album See the Light (1976, Monument). 
8.  “Put It in the Pocket” by Freddie Hubbard.  Taken the from the album Liquid Love (1975, Columbia). Album peaked at #3 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
9.  “Africano” by Earth, Wind & Fire.  Taken from the album That’s the Way of the World (1975, Columbia).
10. “Sinbad” by Weldon Irvine. Taken from the album Sinbad (1976, RCA Victor). 
11. “Palos” by Bobo. Taken from the album Bobo (1979, Columbia). Album peaked at #38 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.
12. “Chicago Theme (Love Loop)” by Hubert Laws. Taken from the album The Chicago Theme (1975, CTI). Album peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Jazz LPs charts.

Charting the Charts: Grover Washington, Jr – A Secret Place (1976)

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Here’s a look at how the Grover Washington, Jr. album A Secret Place fared on various charts (chart peaks in bold):

1977	Billboard			Cash Box			Record World*
Date	200	Jazz	Soul	200	Jazz	R&B	200	Jazz	R&B
Jan 1					31
Jan 8			45	159	9	59	109
Jan 15	121	10	37	109	2	50	72	3	18
Jan 22	71		15	87	2	36	60
Jan 29	51	1	11	73	1	19	54	1	13
Feb 5	41		9	65	1	17	49	1	12
Feb 12	39	1	7	58	1	16	44	1	12
Feb 19	36		7	54	2	14	40	2	11
Feb 26	33	2	12	51	2	13	45
Mar 5	31		12	48	2	12	65	2	11
Mar 12	31	2	12	63	2	14	67	3	17
Mar 19	42		12	71	2	14	71	3	24
Mar 26	39	2	15	76	3	20	81	3
Apr 2	55		15	76	3	28	130	4
Apr 9	132	2	17	119	3	43
Apr 16	132		48	122	4	50	166
Apr 23	178	4	48	148	7	62
Apr 30	195			173	8	71
May 7					9
May 14		7			10			18
May 21					11			22
May 28		11			10			33
Jun 4					10			35
Jun 11		12			12
Jun 18					20
Jun 25		12			23
Jul 2					29
Jul 9		34
1977	Billboard			Cash Box			Record World*

*Record World chart data incomplete, will update as information becomes available

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Cash Box #1 Jazz Albums of 1976

Beginning with the July 10, 1976 issue, Cash Box magazine published a Jazz Album list weekly.  Forty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the sole #1 jazz album for the latter half of 1976:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
July 10	Breezin’	George Benson
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25

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