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'''Jutta Hipp''' (February 4, 1925 in [[Leipzig]], Germany – April 7, 2003 in [[Queens|Queens, New York]]) was a jazz pianist who also had some success as a painter. She mostly worked in [[bebop]] and [[cool jazz]]. |
'''Jutta Hipp''' (February 4, 1925 in [[Leipzig]], Germany – April 7, 2003 in [[Queens|Queens, New York]]) was a jazz pianist who also had some success as a painter. She mostly worked in [[bebop]] and [[cool jazz]]. |
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She first studied painting in Germany, but later played jazz during the war and she indicated jazz was important to her during that period. After the war she moved West due to the communist occupation of East Germany, and in West Germany she worked with [[Hans Koller]] for a time. In Germany she also led a quintet, [[Albert Mangelsdorff]]'s brother Emil was one of the members.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/1953-dis/c/ "Blue Note Records Discography: 1953–1954"]. jazzdisco.org</ref> |
She first studied painting in Germany, but later played jazz during the war and she indicated jazz was important to her during that period. After the war she moved West due to the communist occupation of East Germany, and in West Germany she worked with [[Hans Koller]] for a time. In Germany she also led a quintet, [[Albert Mangelsdorff]]'s brother [[Emil Mangelsdorff|Emil]] was one of the members.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/1953-dis/c/ "Blue Note Records Discography: 1953–1954"]. jazzdisco.org</ref> |
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In 1954 she played with [[Attila Zoller]]. Critic [[Leonard Feather]] was impressed with her work when he heard her in Germany and soon after she moved to [[New York City]], where she spent most of her life. She initially drew some criticism from critics who felt she was too similar to her sponsor, [[Horace Silver]]. In 1956 she played at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and did a studio album with [[Zoot Sims]], which is considered possibly her best. |
In 1954 she played with [[Attila Zoller]]. Critic [[Leonard Feather]] was impressed with her work when he heard her in Germany and soon after she moved to [[New York City]], where she spent most of her life. She initially drew some criticism from critics who felt she was too similar to her sponsor, [[Horace Silver]]. In 1956 she played at the [[Newport Jazz Festival]] and did a studio album with [[Zoot Sims]], which is considered possibly her best. |
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Jutta Hipp (February 4, 1925 in Leipzig, Germany – April 7, 2003 in Queens, New York) was a jazz pianist who also had some success as a painter. She mostly worked in bebop and cool jazz.
She first studied painting in Germany, but later played jazz during the war and she indicated jazz was important to her during that period. After the war she moved West due to the communist occupation of East Germany, and in West Germany she worked with Hans Koller for a time. In Germany she also led a quintet, Albert Mangelsdorff's brother Emil was one of the members.[1]
In 1954 she played with Attila Zoller. Critic Leonard Feather was impressed with her work when he heard her in Germany and soon after she moved to New York City, where she spent most of her life. She initially drew some criticism from critics who felt she was too similar to her sponsor, Horace Silver. In 1956 she played at the Newport Jazz Festival and did a studio album with Zoot Sims, which is considered possibly her best.
Hipp also worked for New York-based trios. She had been determined to be seen as an equal to male players, but at the same time she felt intense nervousness playing with other musicians she admired. The anxiety the profession caused her led to her abandoning jazz in 1958 and from then on she made her living primarily as a seamstress. She also returned to her first interest of painting, and her portraits of various jazz musicians became popular with musicians.
Although she maintained some contact with musicians, she had cut herself off from the music industry to the point that by 2000 Blue Note did not know where to send her royalties checks. Lee Konitz was one of a few musicians who kept in touch with her until her death in Queens. Hipp died of pancreatic cancer on April 7, 2003, in her apartment in Sunnyside, Queens. She never married, but was once engaged to Attila Zoller. She also had a son, Lionel named after Lionel Hampton, who is believed to have been fathered by an African-American GI when she still lived in Germany. As African American GIs, at that time, could not accept paternity to a white woman the specifics of Lionel's father are unknown. Jutta Hipp ultimately gave him up for adoption.[2]
After her death she became of some interest as a woman instrumentalist in the New York jazz scene.[3][dead link]
Discography
- Jutta (New Faces - New Sounds From Germany) (Blue Note, (1955)
- Cool Europe (Has two tracks each by Johnny Dankworth, and Albert Hall) (MGM, 1955)
- At the Hickory House Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1956)
- At the Hickory House Volume 2 (Blue Note, 1956)
- Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (Blue Note) (1956)
- The German Recordings 1952 - 1955 (Jazz House) (2012)
References
External links
- NYT Obit: Jutta Hipp, 78, Jazz Pianist With a Lean, Percussive Style
- Interview with Jutta Hipp
- "Jutta Hipp" - Jazz Podium July/August 2006
- All Music
- Jazzhouse
- Obituary from All About Jazz
- Die Welt obituary of her (In German)
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