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.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hipp, Jutta, 1925-2003 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004062485
Wikidata: Jutta Hipp - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q442477
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/22329763
MusicBrainz: Jutta Hipp - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/728aa0a2-8a24-45cb-bb2f-9370d4213b25
ISNI: 0000 0001 1488 6349 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114886349
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