WNUR Jazz: August 1996 Top 50

1. Famoudou Don Moye & Enoch Williams: Afrikan Song (AECO)
2. Vandy Harris: Pure Fire (Katumbi)
3. Andrea Parkins: Cast Iron Fact (Knitting Factory)
4. Either/Orchestra: Across the Omniverse (Accurate)
5. Ken Field: Subterranea (OO Discs)
6. John Carter & Bobby Bradford: Tandem 1 (Emanem)
7. William Parker/In Order to Survive: Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy (Homestead)
8. Sonny Stitt: In Style (Muse)
9. Rodney Kendrick: Last Chance for Common Sense (Verve)
10. Don Byron Quintet: No-Vibe Zone (Knitting Factory)
11. Honk, Wail and Moan: Mailbox Above (Uff Da)
12. Joe Morris Ensemble: Elsewhere (Homestead)
13. Teddy Edwards & Houston Person: Horn to Horn (Muse)
14. Black Note: Nothin' But the Swing (Impulse!)
15. Ella Fitzgerald: Ella & Friends (Decca)
16. Wolfgang Fuchs: Bits & Pieces (FMP)
17. Matt Wilson: As Wave Follows Wave (Palmetto)
18. various: Masters of Jazz v. 2: Bebop's Greatest Hits (Rhino)
19. John Hicks: Piece For My Peace (Landmark)
20. Ellis/Ochs/Robinson: What We Live (DIW)
21. John Butcher: London and Cologne (Rastascan)
22. Crispell/Jormin/Strid@: Spring Tour (Alice)
23. Paquito D'Rivera: Portraits of Cuba (Chesky)
24. Leo Smith: Procession of the Great Ancestry (Nessa)
25. Philippe Micol: New York Interviews (Unit)
26. Philippe Micol: Improvisationsstudien (Unit)
27. various: Masters of Jazz v. 4: Big Bands... (Rhino)
28. D.D. Jackson: Rhythm-Dance (Justin Time)
29. Ornette Coleman: Sound Museum (2 CD's) (Harmolodic)
30. Rob Brown Trio: High Wire (Soul Note)
31. Rova: Ptow!! (Victo)
32. Christian Wolfarth: 3-3-2 (Percaso)
33. Shirley Scott: Great Scott! (Muse)
34. Gerry Wiggins Trio: Soulidarity (Concord)
35. Nat King Cole Trio: Hit That Jive, Jack (Decca)
36. Errol Garner: Now Playing: A Night at the Movies... (Telarc)
37. Evan Parker & Paul Lytton: Two Octobers (1972-1975) (Emanem)
38. Jean Derome et les dangereux Zhoms: Navre (DAME)
39. Dave McKenna & Joe Temperley: Sunbeam and Thundercloud (Concord)
40. Samana: Samana (Storywiz)
41. Giuffre/Bley/Swallow: Conversations With a Goose (Soul Note)
42. Howard Riley@: Flight (FMR)
43. Moscow Composers Orchestra: An Italian Love Affair (Leo)
44. Freddie Hubbard: Here to Stay (Blue Note)
45. George Van Eps & Howard Alden: Keepin' Time (Concord)
46. Horace Tapscott@: The Dark Tree 1 (hat ART)
47. various: Dynamic Duos - Memorable Jazz (Drive Archive)
48. Sten Sandell: Music From a Water Hole (Alice Musik)
49. Michael Cochrane: Impressions (Landmark)
50. Clark Terry: Express (Reference)