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| Jan 4 | Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
Fables Jean-Luc Ponty |
Twinkling of an Eye John Blake |
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| Jan 18 | Acousticity David Grisman |
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| Jan 25 | Magic Touch Stanley Jordan |
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| Feb 1 | GRP Live in Session Various Artists |
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| Feb 15 | Foreign Intrigue Tony Williams |
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| Mar 1 | Explosion Paquito D’Rivera |
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| Apr 12 | Breakthrough Eddie Daniels |
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| Apr 19 | Alone/But Never Alone Larry Carlton |
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| Apr 26 | Love Will Follow George Howard |
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| May 24 | Love Will Follow George Howard |
Double Take Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw |
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| June 21 | Go for Whatcha Know Jimmy Smith |
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| July 5 | (charts not available) | ||
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| July 19 | Alone/But Never Alone Larry Carlton |
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| July 26 | Double Vision Bob James & David Sanborn |
Double Vision Bob James & David Sanborn |
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| Aug 2 | Double Vision Bob James & David Sanborn |
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| Aug 9 | Light Struck Dave Valentin |
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| Sept 6 | Spontaneous Inventions Bobby McFerrin |
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| Sept 13 | |||
| Sept 20 | Fivin’ Around Henry Butler |
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| Sept 27 | Breakout Spyro Gyra |
Amanda Randy Brecker & Elaine Elias |
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| Oct 4 | Face to Face Kevin Eubanks |
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| Oct 11 | Down to the Moon Andreas Vollenwieder |
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| Nov 1 | Tutu Mile Davis |
J Mood Wynton Marsalis |
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| Nov 22 | Tutu Miles Davis |
Royal Garden Blues Branford Marsalis |
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| Dec 13 | You’re the One Henry Johnson |
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| Week | Billboard | Cash Box | Radio & Records |