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cover to the album Live Wires by contemporary jazz band Yellowjackets

Top Contemporary Jazz March 22, 1992

Years before I launched ContemporaryJazz.com, I maintained a personal top 10 “Jazz and New Adult Contemporary” chart of my own. It was based on what I liked and what seemed to be popular according to other charts and magazines. Top…

John Hilderbrand
March 22, 2022

Top Contemporary Jazz for 2001

Looking back 20 years, Billboard reported St. Germain as the top contemporary jazz artist for the year 2001, breaking a ten-year monopoly by Kenny G: A 10-year reign comes to an end in the recap of the Top Contemporary Jazz…

John Hilderbrand
December 28, 2021

album cover of Q's Jook Joint from Quincy Jones with chart background

Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 20, 1996

These were the top selling contemporary jazz recordings 25 years ago this week, as reported by Billboard magazine. Top Contemporary Jazz AlbumsWeek of May 4, 1996 # Artist Album 1 Quincy Jones Q’s Jook Joint ▶ 2 Kenny G…

John Hilderbrand
June 22, 2021