WNUR Jazz: December 1996 Top 50

1. David S. Ware Quartet: Godspelized (DIW)
2. Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls: Rebel Roots (Naim)
3. Masada: Zayin (Seven) (DIW)
4. Ivo Perelman: Sad Life (Leo)
5. Northwoods Improvisers: Fog and Fire (Arc)
6. James P. Johnson*: The Original James P. Johnson, 1942-1945 (Smithsonian Folkways)
7. Myra Melford: The Same River, Twice (Gramavision)
8. Rich Corpolongo: Just Found Joy (Delmark)
9. Ornette Coleman@: The Belgrade Concert (Jazz Door)
10. Cinghiale: Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (Eighth Day)
11. Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra: The Enchanted Messenger (Soul Note)
12. Anthony Braxton & the Fred Simmons Trio: 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 (2 CD's) (Leo)
13. Michael Brecker: Tales From the Hudson (Impulse!)
14. Sun Ra*: The Singles (2 CD's) (Evidence)
15. John Patton Quintet: This One's for Ja (DIW)
16. Scott Rosenberg: Arc (Super J)
17. Konec Leta@: Summer's End (Black Point)
18. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Lausanne 1960, 2nd Set (TCB)
19. Betsuni Nanmo Klezmer: Waltz (Nani)
20. Evan Parker & Sainkho Namtchylak: Mars Song (Victo)
21. Ornette Coleman*: Body Meta (Harmolodic)
22. various*: The Birth of the Third Stream (Columbia)
23. Jodie Christian: Front Line (Delmark)
24. Louis Hayes Quintet: Louis at Large (Sharp Nine)
25. ICP Orchestra@: Bospaadje Konijnehol II (ICP)
26. James Blood Ulmer: Music Speaks Louder Than Words (DIW)
27. Count Basie*: Count Basie & the Kansas City 7 (Impulse!)
28. Leandre/Houle/Graewe: Live at Banlieues Bleues (Red Toucan)
29. Vinny Golia Large Ensemble@: Tutto Contare (9 Winds)
30. various: October Meeting 87 (Bimhuis)
31. Ellery Eskelin: The Sun Died (Soul Note)
32. Joe Henderson: Big Band (Verve)
33. various: CIMPosium (CIMP)
34. Dougie Bowne: One Way Elevator (DIW)
35. Greg Cohen: Way Low (DIW)
36. Branford Marsalis Trio: The Dark Keys (Columbia)
37. Hamiet Bluiett: Bluiett's Barbecue Band (Mapleshade)
38. Jon Jang Sextet: Two Flowers on a Stem (Soul Note)
39. Dodo Marmarosa*: Up in Dodo's Room (Jazz Classics)
40. Chet Baker: In Bologna (Dreyfus)
41. John Lindberg: Resurrection of a Dormant Soul (Black Saint)
42. Don Byron: Bug Music (Nonesuch)
43. Liquid Soul: Liquid Soul (Ark 21)
44. Matthew Shipp Duo: With Roscoe Mitchell (2.13.61)
45. Gustafsson/Guy/Lovens: Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities (OkkaDisk)
46. Mark Weber: Words and Stories (9 Winds)
47. Fredrick Lonberg-Holm: Personal Scratch (Eighth Day)
48. Avi Lebo Double Trombone Quintet: Shades of Brass (Mapleshade)
49. Available Jelly: Monuments (Ramboy)
50. Steve Beresford: Cue Sheets (Tzadik)