| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Radio & Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | In Your Eyes George Benson |
Backstreet David Sanborn |
Backstreet David Sanborn |
| Jan 14 | December George Winston |
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| Jan 21 | Fill Up the Night Sadao Watanabe |
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| Jan 28 | Backstreet David Sanborn |
Backstreet David Sanborn |
Backstreet David Sanborn |
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| Mar 3 | |||
| Mar 10 | Name of the Game Phil Upchurch |
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| Mar 17 | Imagine This Pieces of a Dream |
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| Mar 24 | Love Explosion Tania Maria |
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| Mar 31 | Backstreet David Sanborn |
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| Apr 7 | Wishful Thinking Earl Klugh |
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| Apr 14 | |||
| Apr 21 | Think of One Wynton Marsalis |
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| Apr 28 | |||
| May 5 | Modern Times Steps Ahead |
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| May 12 | |||
| May 19 | Rejoicing Pat Metheny with Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins |
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| May 26 | |||
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| June 9 | |||
| June 16 | Backstreet David Sanborn |
Wishful Thinking Earl Klugh |
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| June 23 | |||
| June 30 | |||
| July 7 | Nightlines Dave Grusin |
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| July 14 | Wishful Thinking Earl Klugh |
Decoy Miles Davis |
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| July 21 | Nightlines Dave Grusin |
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| July 28 | Backstreet David Sanborn |
Decoy Miles Davis |
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| Aug 4 | Call of the Wild Generation Band |
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| Aug 11 | Decoy Miles Davis |
Access All Areas Spyro Gyra |
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| Aug 18 | Nightlines Dave Grusin |
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| Aug 25 | |||
| Sept 1 | Road Warriors Les McCann & Houston Person |
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| Sept 8 | Access All Areas Spyro Gyra |
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| Sept 15 | Rendezvous Sadao Watanabe |
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| Sept 22 | |||
| Sept 29 | Kalahari Dave Valentin |
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| Oct 6 | |||
| Oct 13 | First Circle Pat Metheny Group |
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| Oct 20 | Hot House Flowers Wynton Marsalis |
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| Oct 27 | |||
| Nov 3 | Inside Moves Grover Washington, Jr. |
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| Nov 17 | Hot House Flowers Wynton Marsalis |
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| Nov 24 | |||
| Dec 1 | Deedles Diane Schuur |
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| Dec 8 | First Circle Pat Metheny Group |
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| Dec 29 | |||
| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Radio & Records |