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collage of 1999 contemporary jazz and holiday album covers from Dave Koz, Kenny G, Hiroshima, Take 6, Brian Culbertson and more.

Top Contemporary Jazz – December 3, 1999

The top ten contemporary jazz recordings 25 years ago, ranked by ContemporaryJazz.com! As it was in the 1990s, Kenny G topped the chart. However, this week he had two recordings: his renditions of standards and his third holiday album. Other…

John Hilderbrand
December 1, 2024

montage of album covers of top contemporary jazz from April 17, 1994

Top Contemporary Jazz April 17, 1994: Incognito, Bob James and more

The top ten contemporary jazz recordings, ranked by ContemporaryJazz.com, from the week of April 17, 1994! David Benoit and Russ Freeman, The Benoit/Freeman Project Paul Hardcastle, Hardcastle Dave Weckl, Hard-Wired The Solsonics, Jazz in the Present Tense Mark Johnson, Mark…

John Hilderbrand
April 28, 2024

top selling contemporary jazz in June 1988: Bobby McFerrin, Kirk Whalum, Basia, Rippingtons, David Benoit, George Howard, John Patitucci, Tuck and Patti and more

Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 25, 1988

Bobby McFerrin had the top recording on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart 35 years ago. Simple Pleasures was spending its second week as the #1 album the week of June 25, 1988. Simple Pleasures was a bestseller thanks to…

John Hilderbrand
June 19, 2023