1982

1982 in jazz music

Singles
Nuclear War Sun Ra

Baby Don't You Know Bobbi Humphrey

Night Birds Shakatak

I Don't Bend, I Never Turn Round Heiner Goebbels & Alfred 23 Harth

Never Give Up on a Good Thing George Benson

Are You Hearing (What I Hear)? Level 42

Invitations Shakatak

Heavy Vibes Montana Sextet

Scatterlings of Africa Juluka

Holding On for Love Cargo

Streetwalkin' Shakatak

Perfumed Garden RAH Band

A.M. First Light

Quest Sun Ra & His Outer Space Arkestra

One to One Freeez

You Don't Know Me Wim Koopmans

Turn Me Loose Roy Ayers

The Razor's Edge Defunkt

Albums
Home David Murray

Offramp Pat Metheny Group

Fairytales Radka Toneff & Steve Dobrogosz

Oleo Joe McPhee

I.O.U. Allan Holdsworth

Of Human Feelings Ornette Coleman

When Was That? Henry Threadgill

Later That Evening Eberhard Weber

Murray's Steps David Murray

Black Rock James "Blood" Ulmer

Thermonuclear Sweat Defunkt

Peace Chet Baker

Music 81 (Polish Jazz, Vol. 69) Tomasz Stańko

Urban Tango Pekka Pohjola

Dauwhe John Carter

Mandance Ronald Shannon Jackson

Nigerian Marketplace Oscar Peterson

Solo / Quartet Bobby Hutcherson

Destiny's Dance Chico Freeman

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Marsalis

Bitter Funeral Beer Bengt Berger & Bitter Funeral Beer Band

Lask LASK

El Corazón Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell

Six Compositions: Quartet Anthony Braxton

When Elephants Dream of Music Bob Moses

One from the Heart Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle

80° Below '82 Air

Moving Target Gil Scott-Heron

Scatterlings Juluka

Trio Music Chick Corea

November 1981 Bill Dixon

Created With Their Own Hands Arsenal

The Pursuit of Accidents Level 42