Top 50 Jazz Albums of 1984

According to the December 22, 1984 edition of Billboard magazine. Chart peaks are from that publication's jazz, pop, and R&B album charts, respectively. If the album was released in a year prior to 1984, that information is noted following the album title.

	Album	Artist	Jazz	Pop	R&B
1	Backstreet ('83)	David Sanborn	1	81	21
2	Think of One ('83)	Wynton Marsalis	1	102
3	Future Shock ('83)	Herbie Hancock	2	43	10
4	December ('82)	George Winston	2	54
5	Autumn ('80)	George Winston	7	139
6	Wishful Thinking	Earl Klugh	1	69	18
7	What's New ('83)	Linda Ronstadt	5	3
8	Passionfruit ('83)	Michael Franks	4	141
9	In Your Eyes ('83)	George Benson	1	27	6
10	Jarreau ('83)	Al Jarreau	1	13	4
11	Access All Areas	Spyro Gyra	1	59	41
12	Imagine This ('83)	Pieces of a Dream	4	90	16
13	Winter Into Spring ('82)	George Winston	14	127
14	Ghetto Blaster	The Crusaders	3	79	20
15	Individual Choice ('83)	Jean-Luc Ponty	2	134
16	G Force ('83)	Kenny G	6	62	17
17	Decoy	Miles Davis	1	169
18	Rejoicing	Pat Metheny	4	116
19	Foxie ('83)	Bob James	3	106	45
20	Shadowdance ('83)	Shadowfax	13	145
21	Travels ('83)	Pat Metheny Group	3	62
22	In the Heat of the Night	Jeff Lorber	7	106	44
23	City Kids ('83)	Spyro Gyra	2	66
24	Night Lines	Dave Grusin	4
25	Domino Theory	Weather Report	5	136

	Album	Artist	Jazz	Pop	R&B
26	Bodies and Souls ('83)	The Manhattan Transfer	10	52	38
27	Modern Times	Steps Ahead	11
28	Scenario ('83)	Al Di Meola	8	128
29	Time Exposure	Stanley Clarke	10	149	52
30	Low Ride ('83)	Earl Klugh	2	38	27
31	Now	Patrice Rushen	7	40	4
32	Steppin' Out	George Howard	9	178	39
33	Caverna Magica ('82)	Andreas Vollenwieder	8	149
34	On the Line ('83)	Lee Ritenour	12
35	Love Explosion	Tania Maria	13
36	Target ('83)	Tom Scott	9
37	An Evening with Windham Hill Live ('83)	Various Artists	18
38	Scenes in the City	Branford Marsalis	11	164
39	Banded Together	Lee Ritenour	6	145
40	Third Generation ('83)	Hiroshima	10	142	50
41	Offramp ('82)	Pat Metheny Group	1	50	43
42	Rendezvous	Sadao Watanabe	2		37
43	Marathon	Rodney Franklin	15	187	54
44	Breakin' Away ('81)	Al Jarreau	1	9	1
45	Past Light ('83)	Will Ackerman	20
46	Jammin' in Manhattan	Tyzik	15	172	35
47	The Two of Us	Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson	6	144	42
48	Fill Up the Night ('83)	Sadao Watanabe	19
49	Sound System	Herbie Hancock	7	71	34
50	Come With Me ('83)	Tania Maria	28

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Speaking of jazz albums from 1984, why don't you give Dr. Smooth's flashback a listen: