1989 in jazz explained

This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1989.

Events

February

• 27 – Woody Shaw was struck by a subway car in Brooklyn, NY, which severed his left arm. By the late 1980s Shaw was suffering from an incurable degenerative eye disease and was losing his eyesight. Details of the accident are unclear.^[1]

March

• 17 – The 16th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17 – 19).^[2]

May

• 12 – The 18th Moers Festival (May 12 – 15).^[3]
• 24 – The 17th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7).^[4]

July

• 1 – The 33rd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 3).^[5]
• 6 – The 23rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 6 – 21).^[6]
• 14 – The 14th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16).^[7]
• 28 – The 12th Jazz in Marciac started in France (July 28 – August 17).^[8]

August

• 17 – The 6th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19).^[9]

September

• 15 – The 32nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17).^[10]

Album releases

• Abdullah Ibrahim

Blues for a Hip King

• Abdullah Ibrahim: African River
• Marty Ehrlich

Traveller's Tale

• Tim Berne

Fractured Fairy Tales

• Joe Maneri

Kalavinka

• Henry Threadgill

Rag, Bush and All

• 16-17

When All Else Fails

• Joe Lovano

Worlds

• Nimal

Nimal

• John Oswald

Plunderphonics

• Michael Shrieve

Stiletto

• Dave Holland

Extensions

• Andrew Hill

Eternal Spirit

• Christy Doran

Phoenix

• Henry Kaiser

Re-Marrying For Money

• Michael Shrieve

Big Picture

• Muhal Richard Abrams

Hearinga Suite

• Don Pullen

Song Everlasting

• Fred Hersh

Heartsongs

• Geri Allen

Twylight

• Leni Stern

Closer to the Light

• Ganelin Trio

Cantabile

• Marty Fogel

Many Bobbing Heads

• London Jazz Composers Orchestra

Harmos

• Montreaux

Let Them Say

• No Safety

This Lost Leg

• John Carter

Shadows on a Wall

• Ralph Peterson

Triangular

• Ray Anderson

Blues Bred

• King Ubu Orchestru

Binaurality

• Evan Parker

Conic Sections

• Dewey Redman

Living on the Edge

• Charles Earland

Third Degree Burn

• John Scofield

Time on My Hands

• Roy Hargrove

Diamond in the Rough

• Tom Harrell

Sail Away

• Tommy Flanagan

Jazz Poet

• Larry Carlton

On Solid Ground

• Neal Schon

Late Nite

• Egberto Gismonti

Dança Dos Escravos

• Chick Corea Akoustic Band

Chick Corea Akoustic Band

• Joe Sample

Spellbound

• Eliane Elias

So Far So Close

• Pat Metheny Group

Letter From Home

• Hugh Masekela

Uptownship

Deaths

February

• 26 – Roy Eldridge, American trumpeter (born 1911).^[11]

March

• 24 – Arnett Cobb, American tenor saxophonist (born 1918).

April

• 4 – Roberto Nicolosi, Italian upright bassist and leader (born 1914).
• 12 – Herbert Mills, American singer, Mills Brothers (born 1912).

May

• 10 – Woody Shaw, American trumpeter (kidney failure) (born 1944).^[1]
• 26 – Phineas Newborn, Jr., American pianist (born 1931).^[12]

July

• 15 – Will Bradley, American trombonist and bandleader (born 1912).

October

• 19 – Alan Murphy, English guitarist (born 1953).

November

• 5 – Lu Watters, American trumpeter and band leader, Yerba Buena Jazz Band (born 1911).
• 9 – Kenny Hagood, American singer (born 1926).^[13]
• 18 – Freddie Waits, American drummer (born 1943).

December

• 28 – Fred Lange-Nielsen, Norwegian bassist and vocalist (born 1919).

Births

January

• 4 – Trond Bersu, Norwegian drummer and vocalist.

April

• 5 – Kris Bowers, American composer and pianist.

May

• 8 – Christian Skår Winther, Norwegian guitarist.
• 22 – Christian Sands, American pianist and composer.
• 24 – Francesco Cafiso, Italian alto saxophonist.

June

• 6 – Kristoffer Eikrem, Norwegian trumpeter, composer and photographer.

July

• 14 – Isaiah Sharkey, American guitarist and singer.

August

• 28 – Cécile McLorin Salvant, American singer.

October

• 27 – Jakob Terjesønn Rypdal, Norwegian guitarist.

November

• 2 – Isfar Sarabski, Azerbaijani pianist and composer.
• 20 – Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard, Norwegian upright bassist.

December

• 11 – KeyLiza or Kesita Elizabeth Massamba, German singer, dancer, DJ, composer and beatmaker.

Unknown date

• James Mainwaring, English composer, saxophonist, and bandleader.

See also

• 1980s in jazz
• List of years in jazz
• 1989 in music

External links

• History Of Jazz Timeline: 1989 at All About Jazz

Notes and References

1. News: Woody Shaw, 44; Jazz Trumpeter . . 2016-04-30.
2. Web site: Vossajazz . . 2016-03-02.
3. Web site: 18. Internationales New Jazz Festival Moers . PlanetGong.Altervista.org . 2016-03-04.
4. Web site: Nattjazz . Norwegian . . 2016-03-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle . 2016-03-22 .
5. Web site: Newport Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-03-02.
6. Web site: Montreux Jazz Festival 1989 Setlists . Setlist.fm . 2016-03-02.
7. Web site: North Sea Jazz Festival 1989 . . 2016-03-02.
8. Web site: Jazz in Marciac – Depuis 1978 . . 2016-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308012610/http://www.jazzinmarciac.com/sites/jazz-in-marciac/files/edito-court.pdf . 2016-03-08 . dead .
9. Web site: Brecon Jazz Festival 1989 . FriendsOfBreconJazz.com . 2016-04-29.
10. Web site: The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections . EarlNewmanPrints.com . 2016-04-29.
11. News: Roy Eldridge, 78, Jazz Trumpeter Known for Intense Style, Is Dead . John S. . Wilson . . 1989-02-28 . 2016-04-30.
12. News: Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, Top Jazz Pianist . . 1989-05-28 . 2016-04-30.
13. News: Kenny (Pancho) Hagood; Jazz Singer and Balladeer . . 2016-04-30.