Billboard #1 Contemporary Jazz Albums of 1987

/ Dr. S
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Starting with the February 28, 1987 issue, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions.  From the aforementioned issue:

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Here’s a chart of the #1 contemporary jazz albums of 1987:

Week Ending Album Artist(s)
February 28 Standards, Vol. 1 Stanley Jordan
March 14
March 28 Najee’s Theme Najee
April 11
April 25
May 9
May 23
June 6
June 20 Duotones Kenny G
July 4
July 18
August 1
August 15 Collaboration George Benson
& Earl Klugh
August 29
September 12
September 26
October 10 Discovery Larry Carlton
October 24
November 7
November 21 Stories Without Words Spyro Gyra
December 5 Go Hiroshima
December 19

#1 Jazz Albums:
1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986