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. March 17 – The 16th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17 – 19). May 12 – The 18th Moers Festival (May 12 – 15). 24 – The 17th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7). July 1 – The 33rd Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 3). 6 – The 23rd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 6 – 21). 14 – The 14th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16). 28 – The 12th Jazz in Marciac started in France (July 28 – August 17). August 17 – The 6th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 17 – 19). September 15 – The 32nd Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). 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).