jazz chart Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/jazz-chart Celebrating 30 Years Online! Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:42:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 jazz chart Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/jazz-chart 32 32 124780169 Top Contemporary Jazz – December 3, 1999 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-december-3-1999 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-december-3-1999#respond Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:18:30 +0000 https://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=4328 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 Christmas and holiday music were moving into the top 10, including a nice compilation from […]

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]]> 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 Christmas and holiday music were moving into the top 10, including a nice compilation from Windham Hill, which had branched out from just a “new age” label to add contemporary jazz. A Jazz Noel had new holiday music from Michael Franks, Spyro Gyra, Ricky Peterson, Tom Grant, and Earl Klugh.

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

Top Contemporary Jazz for the
Week of December 3, 1999:

  1. Kenny G, Faith: A Holiday Album
  2. Fourplay, Snowbound
  3. Kenny G, Classics in the Key of G
  4. Windham Hill Jazz Artists, A Jazz Noel
  5. Hiroshima, Between Black and White
  6. Dave Koz, The Dance
  7. Take 6, We Wish You A Merry Christmas
  8. Various Instinct Label Artists, This Is Smooth Jazz 
  9. Yada Yada, Fingalikkin’ Good
  10. Brian Culbertson, Somethin’ About Love

Listen to music from these recordings on this YouTube playlist or on Apple Music:

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-december-3-1999/feed 0 4328 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – June 25, 1988 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-june-25-1988 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-june-25-1988#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2023 01:00:49 +0000 https://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=4007 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 the massive success of the single “Don’t Worry Be Happy” According to McFerrin on the […]

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]]> 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 the massive success of the single “Don’t Worry Be Happy” According to McFerrin on the Questlove Supreme podcast, he has not performed that song live since November 1988. “I wanted the audience to know me as an improviser. I didn’t want to be falling back on that tune all the time or have them expect that.” He did admit that he will sometimes hint at it in the middle of a piece and he might do it for kids.

Rounding out the Top Ten of the Contemporary Jazz chart:

  1. 1. Bobby McFerrin, Simple Pleasures
  2. 2. George Howard, Reflections
  3. 3. Basia, Time and Tide
  4. 4. Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman, Kilamanjaro
  5. 5. David Benoit, Every Step of the Way
  6. 6. Kirk Whalum, And You Know That!
  7. 7. Dianne Reeves, Dianne Reeves
  8. 8. Gamalon, Gamalon
  9. 9. Tim Heintz, Searching the Heart
  10. 10. Steve Kindler & Teja Bell, Dolphin Smiles

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

Debuting on the week’s chart at #21 was the first album from the husband and wife duo of Tuck & Patti with Tears of Joy. According to the Tuck & Patti website and Twitter account, Bobby McFerrin calls them “the best duo on the planet!” And they’re still together, which is really awesome.

John Patitucci led the Top Jazz Albums chart with his debut self-titled recording, released on GRP. He had a strong start with the album produced by his Electric Band boss Chick Corea and featuring bandmate Dave Weckl. Also enhancing John’s compositions were mighty Michael Brecker, Peter Eskine, Vinnie Colaiuta, John Beasley, and David Witham.

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-june-25-1988/feed 0 4007 Top Contemporary Jazz – July 1990 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-july-1990 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-july-1990#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:09:07 +0000 http://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=2879 The following were the top-selling contemporary jazz recordings in early July of 1990: Stanley Jordan – Cornucopia Najee – Tokyo Blue Basia – London Warsaw New York Patti Austin – Love Is Gonna Getcha Alex Bugnon – Head Over Heels Spyro Gyra featuring Jay Beckenstein – Fast Forward Dianne Reeves – Never Too Far Jonathan […]

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]]> cover to Cornucopia from Stanley JordanThe following were the top-selling contemporary jazz recordings in early July of 1990:

  1. Stanley Jordan – Cornucopia
  2. Najee – Tokyo Blue
  3. Basia – London Warsaw New York
  4. Patti Austin – Love Is Gonna Getcha
  5. Alex Bugnon – Head Over Heels
  6. Spyro Gyra featuring Jay Beckenstein – Fast Forward
  7. Dianne Reeves – Never Too Far
  8. Jonathan Butler – Deliverance
  9. George Howard – Personal
  10. Lonnie Liston Smith – Love Goddess

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