1989 in jazz

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

1989 in music
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  • List of albums released
1989 in jazz
Chico Freeman at a Concert at the North Sea Jazz Festival 1989 with "The Leaders".
Decade1980s in jazz
Music1989 in music
StandardsList of post-1950 jazz standards
See also1988 in jazz – 1990 in jazz
List of years in jazz
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Events
Lester Bowie at moers festival 1978.

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

July

August

September

Album releases

Deaths
February
March
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
October
November
December

Births
January
May
June
August
October
November
December
  • 11 – KeyLiza or Kesita Elizabeth Massamba, German singer, dancer, DJ, composer and beatmaker.
Unknown date
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See also

References
  1. "Woody Shaw, 44; Jazz Trumpeter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  2. "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  3. "18. Internationales New Jazz Festival Moers". PlanetGong.Altervista.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. "Nattjazz" (in Norwegian). Nattjazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. "Newport Jazz Festival 1978 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. "Montreux Jazz Festival 1989 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  7. "North Sea Jazz Festival 1989". North Sea Jazz Festival. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  8. "Jazz in Marciac – Depuis 1978" (PDF). Jazz in Marciac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  9. "Brecon Jazz Festival 1989". FriendsOfBreconJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  10. "The Monterey Jazz Festival Collections". EarlNewmanPrints.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  11. Wilson, John S. (1989-02-28). "Roy Eldridge, 78, Jazz Trumpeter Known for Intense Style, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  12. "Phineas Newborn Jr., 57, Top Jazz Pianist". The New York Times. 1989-05-28. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  13. "Kenny (Pancho) Hagood; Jazz Singer and Balladeer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-04-30.


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