| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Radio & Records |
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| Jan 5 | Hot House Flowers Wynton Marsalis |
First Circle Pat Metheny Group |
First Circle Pat Metheny Group |
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| Jan 19 | Why Not! Paquito D’Rivera |
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| Jan 26 | |||
| Feb 2 | Islands Scott Cossu |
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| Feb 9 | |||
| Feb 16 | Straight to the Heart David Sanborn |
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| Feb 23 | Straight to the Heart David Sanborn |
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| Mar 23 | Good Bait Bobby Hutcherson |
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| Mar 30 | Straight to the Heart David Sanborn |
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| Apr 6 | Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
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| Apr 27 | |||
| May 4 | |||
| May 11 | Hot House Flowers Wynton Marsalis |
Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
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| May 18 | |||
| May 25 | Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
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| June 1 | New Faces Dizzy Gillespie |
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| June 29 | |||
| July 6 | Soda Fountain Shuffle Earl Klugh |
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| July 13 | Jungle Garden Dave Valentin |
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| July 20 | |||
| July 27 | Dancing in the Sun George Howard |
Slow Motion Andy Narell |
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| Aug 3 | |||
| Aug 10 | Just Feelin’ McCoy Tyner |
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| Aug 17 | |||
| Aug 24 | Digital Works Ahmad Jamal |
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| Aug 31 | |||
| Sept 7 | |||
| Sept 14 | Dancing in the Sun George Howard |
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| Sept 21 | |||
| Sept 28 | Vocalese The Manhattan Transfer |
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| Oct 5 | |||
| Oct 12 | Harlequin Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin |
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| Oct 19 | Skin Dive Michael Franks |
Black Codes (From the Underground) Wynton Marsalis |
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| Oct 26 | Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
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| Nov 2 | |||
| Nov 9 | Live in London Al Jarreau |
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| Nov 16 | Black Codes (From the Underground) Wynton Marsalis |
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| Dec 7 | |||
| Dec 14 | Fables Jean-Luc Ponty |
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| Dec 21 | Twinkling of an Eye John Blake |
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| Dec 28 | |||
| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Radio & Records |