Jutta Hipp

Jutta Hipp (4 February 1925 – 7 April 2003) was a German jazz pianist who was a pioneer of jazz in post-war Germany and was also active in the United States.

After a career of approximately ten years as a jazz musician in Germany, during which she led a quintet that introduced Germany to bebop and cool jazz, she was discovered by an Anglo-American jazz critic and record producer who encouraged her to emigrate to the United States. However, she subsequently fell out with him and, just two years after her arrival in America, abandoned her career in jazz to work as a seamstress in a factory, following a surprising rhythm and blues tour in the southern United States in 1957.

In 1955, known as the "First Lady of European Jazz", she became the first European and the first white female musician to sign a recording contract with the prestigious American record label Blue Note Records, on which she released three albums in 1956.

Jutta Hipp was also a painter, draughtswoman, photographer, and designer.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 4, 1925 (Leipzig (largest city in Saxony, Germany)), Died April 7, 2003 (Sunnyside (neighborhood in Queens, New York City, New York, USA) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1953 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 4940SM 6/21/1953 Honeysuckle rose Hans Koller's New Jazz Stars instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 4947SM 6/21/1953 Moonlight in Vermont Hans Koller's New Jazz Stars instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 4949SM 6/21/1953 Sound Koller Hans Koller's New Jazz Stars instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 4950SM 6/21/1953 Come back to Sorrento Hans Koller's New Jazz Stars instrumentalist, piano  
Decca DU 1070 6/6/1954 I never knew Jutta Hipp Quintet instrumentalist, piano  
Decca DGG 51896 6/6/1954 Frankfurt special Jutta Hipp Quintet instrumentalist, piano  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hipp, Jutta," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/321410.

Hipp, Jutta. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/321410.

"Hipp, Jutta." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/321410

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