Arista/GRP 5506, released 1981
Billboard, July 18, 1981, p. 74
Record World, August 1, 1981, p. 21
Also:
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★
- Allmusic
Dave Grusin and The GRP All-Stars – Live in Japan
Charlie Haden/Jan Garbarek/Egberto Gismonti – Magico
ECM 1151, released 1980
DownBeat, February 1981, p. 38
CashBox, March 1, 1980, p. 41
High Fidelity, May 1980, p. 102
Musician, June 1980, p. 70
Stereo Review, May 1980, p. 117
Also:
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★
- Allmusic: ★★★★
1980 DownBeat Magazine Album Ratings
Click on the image below (or here) to view/download a PDF file containing the ratings of the almost 500 albums that received a starred rating in the 1980 issues of DownBeat magazine. Also included is the issue and page number on which the rating and review appeared.
Sonny Rollins – Newk’s Time
Blue Note 4001, released 1959
DownBeat, April 30, 1959, p. 36
CashBox, April 11, 1959, p. 70
HiFi Review (Stereo Review), June 1959, p. 37
Billboard, March 30, 1959, p. 45
Also:
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★★★★
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★★★
- Allmusic: ★★★★
Radio & Records Jazz Radio National Airplay Chart: May 1982
On May 21, 1982, Radio & Records magazine introduced their “Jazz Radio National Airplay Chart,” a weekly 30 position chart of jazz albums:
- WYRS (now WARW) – jazz format 1980-90
- KSAX (now KHVN) – jazz format 1979-85
- WDBS (now WFXC) – free-form format 1971-84
- KTWN (now KQQL) – jazz format 1978-83
- WXFM (now WCFS) – jazz format early ’80s
- KJAZ (now KREV) – jazz format 1959-94
- KJZZ (now KXPA) – jazz format 1981-84
Radio & Records had previously been publishing a 10 position “Jazz on AOR” chart and continued to do so. That first Radio National Airplay chart:
Because the chart was based solely on airplay instead of sales, it varied greatly from the jazz albums charts appearing that week in issues of Billboard and CashBox:
|
Album
|
R&R
|
Billboard
|
CashBox
|
| It’s a Fact |
1
|
5
|
6
|
|
Old Songs For The New Depression
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
|
Live at The Savoy
|
3
|
18
|
20
|
|
Straight from the Heart
|
4
|
–
|
–
|
|
Fathers and Sons
|
5
|
21
|
21
|
|
Mystical Adventures
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
|
Dan Siegel
|
7
|
30
|
29
|
|
Brotherly Love
|
8
|
35
|
–
|
|
Hollywood
|
9
|
15
|
10
|
|
Come Morning
|
10
|
3
|
7
|
|
Ride Like the Wind
|
11
|
46
|
19
|
|
Rio
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
|
Dream On
|
13
|
9
|
13
|
|
Objects of Desire
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
|
Silk
|
15
|
34
|
22
|
|
Chariots of Fire
|
16
|
1
|
4
|
|
Dan Siegel
|
17
|
19
|
27
|
|
Weather Report
|
18
|
17
|
18
|
|
Earland’s Jam
|
19
|
32
|
24
|
|
No Problem
|
20
|
27
|
–
|
|
We Want Miles
|
21
|
10
|
2
|
|
Nights in Brazil
|
22
|
42
|
–
|
|
Taurus
|
23
|
–
|
–
|
|
Telecommunication
|
24
|
12
|
8
|
|
Breakin’ Away
|
25
|
2
|
1
|
|
Crazy for You
|
26
|
16
|
16
|
|
George Benson Collection
|
27
|
6
|
5
|
|
Offramp
|
28
|
–
|
11
|
|
Griffith Park Collection
|
29
|
41
|
–
|
|
Free & Easy
|
30
|
–
|
–
|
The chart lasted through the end of 1987. In January 1988, the magazine expanded its jazz charts offerings:
Complete chart information from May 1982 – December 1987 is available to peruse and download over at: albumcharts.wordpress.com
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