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1989

An exciting lineup of Grammy winners take to the stage: The Playboy Jazz Festival program won the MAGGIE Award from the Western Publication Association for publishing excellence for the fourth year. It also won the Gold Ink Award for design excellence. Grammy Award-winning a cappella gospel group Take 6 made its debut. Grammy Award winner Larry Carlton returned to the festival lineup after having made a virtually complete recovery from a near-fatal shooting in April 1987. Chart-topper Dianne Reeves made her solo debut. Reeves first appeared in 1985 as part of "Sing, Sing, Sing," one of the highlights of Playboy Jazz Festival history. The Terry Gibb Dream Band debuted, making its first live appearance in more than ten years. The previous year, the original Dream Band's 1959 tapes were released to rave reviews. Buckwheat Zydeco made its festival debut and closed the Saturday show with the exuberant dance music of Southwestern Louisiana's French-speaking Creoles, lead by accordionist, singer and songwriter Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr.

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