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Album cover montage from the October 12, 1991 contemporary jazz chart featuring Béla Fleck & the Flecktones’ Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, Candy Dulfer’s Saxuality, Fourplay’s Fourplay, The Manhattan Transfer’s The Offbeat of Avenues, Kim Waters’ Sax Appeal, The Rippingtons’ Curves Ahead, Chick Corea Elektric Band’s Beneath the Mask, Warren Hill’s Kiss Under the Moon, and Acoustic Alchemy’s Back on the Case.

Top Contemporary Jazz Chart – October 12, 1991

The October 1991 chart was packed with debuts and big names! The Rippingtons were back at #1 with Curves Ahead, their second consecutive chart-topper and one of five #1 contemporary jazz albums the group would eventually have. At #2 was…

John Hilderbrand
September 28, 2026

Boney James holding a saxophone against a golden background, beside his “A Simple Man” album cover featuring a black-and-white portrait with his saxophone.

Boney James Gets Back to What Matters on 20th Album A Simple Man

It all started in 1992 with the release of Trust, Boney James’ debut album on the independent label Spindletop Records. . More than three decades later, James is preparing to release A Simple Man, his 20th studio album. Along the…

John Hilderbrand
September 23, 2026

Happy Birthday to Earl Klugh

Happy 73rd birthday to guitarist Earl Klugh, born September 16, 1953, in Detroit! Few guitarists in contemporary jazz have a sound as immediately recognizable as Klugh. His distinctive fingerstyle sound on nylon-string guitar draws from jazz, pop, R&B and Brazilian…

John Hilderbrand
September 16, 2026