| Directstep | Herbie Hancock | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | CBS/Sony | 30AP 1032 | | Instrument |
| Thoroughbred | Carole King | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Epic , Ode Records | PE 34963 | [none] | Instrument (als „soprano sax”) |
| Liner | Liner | Vinyl | 10 | | Atlantic | P-10661A | | Instrument |
| Liner | Liner | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Atlantic | K50553 | | Instrument |
| Liner | Liner | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | ATCO Records | SD 38-113 | | Instrument |
| 8:30 | Weather Report | 2×12" Vinyl | 6 + 7 | | CBS | CBS 88455 | [none] | Instrument |
| Chapter 8 | Chapter 8 | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Ariola Records America | SW 50056 | [none] | Instrument |
| Crazy Love στου Ζωγράφου | Δημήτρης Πουλικάκος | (unknown) | 10 | | | | | Instrument |
| Generations Suite | Bridgewater Brothers | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | DENON | YX-7802-ND | [none] | Instrument |
| Groups in Front of People 2 | Various Artists | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | Bead Records | BEAD 15 | [none] | Instrument |
| I Remember | Phil Woods | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Gryphon | G-907 | | Instrument |
| Live Soncino | ICP Orchestra | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Instant Composers Pool, adLib | ICP 022, adLib 811 | [none] | Instrument |
| Milestone Jazzstars in Concert | Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner | 2×12" Vinyl | 4 + 5 | | Milestone | 2161-55006 | | Instrument |
| Mingus | Joni Mitchell | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Asylum Records | X5E-505 | [none] | Instrument |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Direct-to-Disk Labs | SD 16604 | [none] | Instrument |
| Oz Turk - The Australian Album | Turk Murphy Jazz Band Of San Francisco | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Jazz & Jazz Records | 6357 903 | | Instrument |
| Piper of Dreams | Carlo Vinci, Jr. | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Century Productions | LP33005, LP520519 | | Instrument |
| The Magic Triangle | Don Pullen, Joseph Jarman, Don Moye | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Black Saint | BSR 0038 | | Instrument |
| Uptown Babies | Heaven's Radio | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Posterity Records | PTR-13011 | [none] | Instrument |
| W.B.K. '79 | Willem Breuker Kollektief | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | BVHAAST | BVHAAST 031 | | Instrument |
| בהופעה משותפת | אריק איינשטיין שלום חנוך | 2×12" Vinyl | 6 + 6 | | CBS | 88465 | | Instrument |
| Blendy | 広谷順子 | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | CANYON | C25A0085 | [none] | Instrument |
| Doc at the Radar Station | Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Virgin | VA 13148 | | Instrument |
| Actions / Humus – The Life Exploring Force | Don Cherry, Krzysztof Penderecki; The New Eternal Rhythm Orchestra | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | Everest Records | 3484 | 076637348419 | Instrument |
| Aftenland | Jan Garbarek & Kjell Johnsen | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | ECM Records | ECM 1169 | | Instrument |
| California Suite | Claude Bolling & Hubert Laws | Vinyl | 9 | | CBS Records Masterworks | FM 36691 | | Instrument |
| Continuous Flow | Engstfeld, Herr, Danielsson, Lowe | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | MOOD Records | 23888 | | Instrument |
| Doc at the Radar Station | Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Virgin | 202.870 | [none] | Instrument |
| Doc at the Radar Station | Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Virgin | V 2172 | | Instrument |
| Empire Jazz | Ron Carter | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | RSO | RS-1-3085 | | Instrument |
| Kef's Pool | Gary Wofsey and Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Featuring Phil Woods | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Ambi Records | MG-1521 | | Instrument |
| Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | Virgin | 201 425 | [none] | Instrument |
| Touch of Silk | Eric Gale | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Columbia | JC 36570 | 074643657013 | Instrument |
| Volume One | Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Nessa Records | N-17 | | Instrument |
| Арсенал | Джаз-рок ансамбль «Арсенал» | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Мелодия | С60-12209-10 | [none] | Instrument |
| Good Old Circus | Interjazz IV | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | FMP | SAJ-33 | [none] | Instrument |
| A New Horizon | Paul Clark | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Myrrh | MSB-6678 | [none] | Instrument |
| Incision | Evan Parker, Barry Guy | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | FMP | SAJ-35 | [none] | Instrument (als „soprano sax”) |
| 3 X 4 Eye | Roscoe Mitchell and The Sound Ensemble | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Black Saint | BSR 0050 | | Instrument |
| Bennink Mengelberg | Han Bennink / Misha Mengelberg | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Instant Composers Pool | ICP 023 | [none] | Instrument |
| Bitter Funeral Beer | Bengt Berger | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | ECM Records | ECM 1179 | | Instrument |
| Brede | Bent Bredesen | 12" Vinyl | 13 | | Mercury Records | 6327 044 | [none] | Instrument |
| Dial ‘B’ for Barbra | Horace Tapscott Sextet | 12" Vinyl | 3 | | Nimbus West Records | NS 1147, Nimbus 1147 | | Instrument |
| Folk Songs | Charlie Haden / Jan Garbarek / Egberto Gismonti | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | ECM Records | 2301 170, ECM 1170 | [none] | Instrument |
| Live | Stuttgarter Smallstars & Jeanette McLeod | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | jazzpoint | 1008 | | Instrument |
| Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 1: The Social Set | Greg Goodman, Henry Kaiser, Toshinori Kondo, Evan Parker, Rova Saxophone Quartet | 12" Vinyl | 2 | | The Beak Doctor, Metalanguage | Beak Doctor 5, ML 116 | | Instrument |
| Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set | Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Greg Goodman, Toshinori Kondo, Andrew Voigt | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | The Beak Doctor, Metalanguage | Beak Doctor 6, ML 117 | | Instrument |
| Mr. C | Norman Connors | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Arista | AL 9575 | 078221957519 | Instrument |
| Saturday Night Function | Sackville All Stars : Jay McShann, Buddy Tate, Jim Galloway, Don Thompson & Terry Clarke | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Sackville | 3028 | | Instrument |
| Season of Glass | Yoko Ono | 12" Vinyl | 14 | | Geffen Records | GEF 99 164 | [none] | Instrument |
| Snake Johnson | Ted Curson | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Chiaroscuro Records | CR-2028 | | Instrument |
| Sounds Zila | Dudu Pukwana | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Jika Records | ZL 1 | | Instrument |
| The Biggest Bear Stomp of All!!! | Turk Murphy Jazz Band of San Francisco & The Original Salty Dogs | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Jazz & Jazz Records | 6437 156 | | Instrument |
| Volume Two | Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble | 12" Vinyl | 4 | | Nessa Records | N-18 | | Instrument |
| Сны Риги | Эолика | Vinyl | 9 | | Мелодия | С60 14615 16 | [none] | Instrument |
| Trinity Symphony | Paul Flaherty, Froc Filipetti, Bill Walach | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | [no label] | AR-1023 | | Instrument |
| Drawn to the Light | Paul Clark | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Myrrh | MSB-6727 | [none] | Instrument |
| Crazy Words, Crazy Tunes | Pasadena Roof Orchestra | 12" Vinyl | 12 | | AVES | INT 146.540 | | Instrument |
| Detto fra di noi | Alexander von Schlippenbach / Even Parker / Paul Lovens | 2×12" Vinyl | 2 + 2 | | Po Torch Records | PTR/JWD 10+11 | | Instrument |
| Here’s Brother Sterling | Arnold Sterling | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Jazz America Marketing | JAM 010 | [none] | Instrument |
| Short Stories | Manfred Kniel's Human Music Association | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Software Music | sowa 108 | | Instrument |
| Pop-Eyes | Danielle Dax | 12" Vinyl | 10 | | Initial Recordings | IRC 009 | | Instrument |
| City Kids | Spyro Gyra | (unknown) | 8 | | MCA Records | 32XD-421 | 4988014317030 | Instrument |
| 残像(アフター・イマージュ)-新田一郎 ㊁番- | 新田一郎 | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Continental | Cl-15 | [none] | Instrument |
| Anticlockwise | Schlippenbach Quartet | 12" Vinyl | 2 | | FMP | FMP 1020 | | Instrument |
| Standing in the Light | Level 42 | CD | 9 | | Polydor | 813 865-2 | 042281386527 | Instrument |
| Again and Again (The Joburg Sessions) | Chick Corea | CD | 6 | | Elektra Musician | 960 167-2 | [none] | Instrument |
| Bluesprint | Don D.T. Thompson | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | Top Hats and Tails Records | BL-113 | | Instrument |
| Driebergen - Zeist | Willem Breuker Kollektief | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | BVHAAST | BVHAAST 050 | | Instrument |
| Feel the Change | Omega Sunrise | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | New Jerusalem Records | NJR 001 | | Instrument |
| Il ballo della lepre | Riccardo Tesi | Vinyl | 8 | | Shirak | RT 84033 | | Instrument |
| Inflation Blues | Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition | Vinyl | 5 | | ECM Records | 1244 | | Instrument |
| Jyothi | Charlie Mariano & The Karnataka College Of Percussion featuring R. A. Ramamani | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | ECM Records | ECM 1256 | | Instrument |
| Live at Easy Street, Vol.3 | Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band | 12" Vinyl | 16 | | Dawn Club | DC 12019 | | Instrument |
| Man in the Mirror | Passport | CD | 8 | | wea | 240 253-2 | 022924025327 | Instrument |
| Mortelle randonnée (extraits de la bande originale du film) | Carla Bley | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Mercury Records , WATT Works | 812 097-1 | | Instrument |
| Mortelle randonnée (extraits de la bande originale du film) | Carla Bley | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Mercury Records , WATT Works | 812 097-1 | | Instrument |
| One Night Stand With Maynard Ferguson | Maynard Ferguson | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Joyce | 1112 | | Instrument |
| Short Stories | Engstfeld Herr Quartett | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | Nabel | NBL 8309 | | Instrument |
| So Nobody Else Can Hear | Jimmy Cobb with Freddie Hubbard & Gregory Hines | 12" Vinyl | 6 | | Contempo Vibrato | CV003 | | Instrument |
| Solo - Memories, Dreams and Reflections | David Liebman | 12" Vinyl | 8 | | PM | PMR-022 | | Instrument |
| Such Winters of Memory | John Surman | 12" Vinyl | 7 | | ECM Records | 810 621-1, ECM 1254 | | Instrument |
| The Ancestors | Tim Berne | CD | 3 | | Soul Note | 121061-2 | 027312106121 | Instrument |
| The Joys of Life | David Joseph | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Island | ILPS 9739 | [none] | Instrument |
| Vapor Drawings | Mark Isham | CD | 9 | | Windham Hill Records | WD-1027 | 019341102724 | Instrument |
| Vapor Drawings | Mark Isham | CD | 9 | | Windham Hill Records | WD-1027 | 019341102724 | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Warner Bros. Records | 25190-1 | [none] | Instrument |
| Frankfurt - Peking | Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth | 12" Vinyl | 5 | | Riskant | riskant 4011 | | Instrument |
| Head Hunters | Herbie Hancock | CD | 4 | | Columbia | CK 32731 | 07464327312 | Instrument |
| How Will the Wolf Survive? | Los Lobos | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Metronome | 820 184-1 | 042282018410 | Instrument |
| How Will the Wolf Survive? | Los Lobos | CD | 11 | | Slash | 9 25177-2 | 075992517720 | Instrument |
| In Different Colors | Ytre Suløens Jass-ensemble | 12" Vinyl | 11 | | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | FXLP 47 | [none] | Instrument |
| Live… One Summer Night | Paco de Lucía Sextet | CD | 5 | | Philips | 822 540-2 | 042282254023 | Instrument |
| M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull | Jethro Tull | CD | 11 | | Chrysalis | 252 661-217 | 4007192526611 | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | | 83835 | [none] | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Warner Bros. Records | 92 51901 | 07599251901 | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | wea | 251 351-1 | [none] | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | Warner Bros. Records | P-13057 | [none] | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | wea | 229 25-1351-1 | [none] | Instrument |
| Mahavishnu | Mahavishnu | 12" Vinyl | 9 | | wea | L 251 351-1 | [none] | Instrument |