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Top of the Chart – July 1988

John Hilderbrand

July 12, 2013

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Here were the top-selling contemporary jazz recordings in summer 1988, according to the July 8, 1988 issue of Billboard!

George Howard – Reflections
Bobby McFerrin – Simple Pleasures
Basia – Time and Tide
Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman – Kilamanjaro
David Benoit – Every Step of the Way
Tim Heintz – Searching the Heart
Chick Corea – Eye of the Beholder
Dianne Reeves – Dianne Reeves
Kirk Whalum – And You Know That!
Shadowfax – Folksongs for a Nuclear Village

Entering the chart that week was a number of releases that would be headed toward the top: Spyro Gyra’s Rites of Summer, Politics by Yellowjackets, If This Bass Could Talk by Stanley Clarke, and Sade’s Stronger Than Pride.

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3 responses to “Top of the Chart – July 1988”

Peter J Blume

July 16, 2013

Hey John,

…so nice to reminisce of these good old days in our music-in-common’s history;

Every Step of the Way is definitely one of my ‘Desert Island’ albums, Kilamanjaro is probably 1 of my 2 favorite albums from easily one of my favorite SJ bands (the other is Tourist in Paradise), If This Bass Could Talk–GREAT album from one of my favorite bass players, & Bobby McFerrin is truly a ‘genius’–a word I hardly ever use. People who only know him as the ‘Dont Worry Be Happy’ guy have totally missed out…

Thanks for posting John!
Best regards,

-Peter J Blume
trumpet & trombone

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Vince

July 21, 2013

Hello John,

You probably mean “Rites of Summer” by Spyro Gyra.

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Simon Toussifar

October 6, 2013

George Howard is just brilliant!

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