Product Description A redhead with striking good looks, hypersensitive and outrageously talented - Jutta Hipp quickly became an object of attention in the early 1950s. She got to know all the jazz pioneers of the day: Emil and Albert Mangelsdorff, Joki Freund - and above all Hans Koller, whose admiration of Lester Young had a profound influence on her own performance style. Review Lost Tapes is a major new find that adds some valuable and previouslyunreleased live and studio performances to Jutta Hipp's relativelyslim discography. The first 13 titles, dating from 1952-53, are herearliest recordings. The opener, 'Blues After Hours,' is a realsurprise for Hipp reveals herself to be a superior swing/bluespianist. On 'Erroll's Bounce' she does a fine imitation of ErrollGarner. Hans Koller's light-toned tenor, which sounds a bit like WarneMarsh, is featured on the next five selections with the quartet. Withthe addition of trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, on six more numbers asa quintet, these are solid examples of 1950s cool jazz. While Hipp splaying hints in some spots at Tristano, she is more laidback andalready had her own fresh musical personality. The final four numbersare from 1955 with Hipp in the spotlight. Two of the songs alsofeature guitarist Attila Zoller and Joki Freund on tenor.While it will never really be known why Jutta Hipp decided to becomethe Greta Garbo of jazz, Lost Tapes reminds listeners how vital apianist she was in the 1950s. --JazzMessengersBlog.com, Scott YanowHipp is often a florid player, thougheconomical, and packs a lot of ideas into the short solithese three-minute tunes offer (moreso on the few trionumbers). While at first the music of the quintet seemsaligned with 'Cool Jazz', the group is certifiablyexuberant and signifies steps toward freedom (in thebroad sense) across these fascinating bebop nuggets. --New York City Jazz Reocrd, April 2013Up to now, Jutta Hipp's entire recorded output totaled four and halfLPs worth of material; with this new release likely clearing theunreleased archives for good an important addition to both hercatalog and that of jazz in general has been made. --Musoscribe.com, March 2013
Z**O
A little pricey, but 'worth it!
Very nice LP, And the free download of the same recording was a nice surprise, and a great bonus! Much of it was inspired by the Lennie Tristano recordings. It was also very interesting to listen to the early playing of Attila Zoller and Albert Mangelsdorff in comparison to the innovators they later became.
S**E
The Lost is Thankfully Found
If you are an aficionado of piano jazz of the Brubeck era, the release of the Julia Hipp album "German Recordings 1952-1955 - Lost Tapes" by Jazzhaus will come as a complete surprise, and make you wonder why the name of this artist is unfamiliar. The fact that the album was recorded in Germany might be a clue, but the years of the original recordings listed, and the name "Lost Tapes" (as these pieces are seeing a first release some 61 years later) is a better reason and adds to the mystery.Julia Hipp's story is at once interesting and eccentric: she held a degree in art, was clearly an extraordinary pianist, but lacked self-confidence as a jazz pianist, and left her piano and talent behind in the late 1950s to become a dress-maker. She died in obscurity, in New York City, in 2003 (without a piano in her apartment), in such obscurity that Blue Note, the label which released some of her original albums, found her shortly before her death enabling the label to pay her a significant sum of money it had been holding from record sales since the 1950s.You will hear, right from the first cut recorded live in a German club, "Blues After Hours," a style evocative of and clearly influenced by Brubeck. The album continues with more live piano-bass-drum trio cuts in a myriad of styles, ending with German session cuts of both quartet and quintet ensembles, featuring German reed players who, at least to this reviewer, are equally obscure.I have listened to the album twice, once to prepare this review, and once for pure pleasure, which the CD gives in spades. None of the cuts are lacking in interest. Be prepared to be transported back to an era when jazz was going through a change which has informed the genre ever since. And a final nod to the engineering and sound of these recordings, made on early tape machines, in mono, with no tricks or manipulation: music at its best, recorded with a transparency and balance which makes one forget that it is in mono, not stereo. I did, and I'll be purchasing more of Julia Hipp's recordings this week.
A**E
Wonderful
Jutta was an extremely talented jazz pianist and these recordings prove it. There is a power behind her playing, but also a definite fragility. After hearing this album I looked up some of her other recordings and I feel that these sum up her career perfectly.
D**S
Too Hipp
What a tremendous discovery -- rare recordings of pianist Jutta Hipp in her native Germany, made before she went to New York and cut a handful of influential albums for Blue Note Records in the mid-1950s. Culled from sessions in Koblenz, Baden-Baden and Stuttgart, this vinyl release finds Hipp in the company of stellar German musicians Albert Mangelsdorff (trombone), Hans Koller and Joki Freund (both on tenor sax), as well as Hungarian guitarist Attila Zoller. Most of the tunes are familiar standards given fresh life through Hipp's distinctive touch and the forward-looking approach of her musical playmates. Even at this early stage of her career Hipp displays formidable technical proficiency, a fluid sense of swing and an unerring knack for revealing the emotional heart of each tune. No wonder she was a sensation when she arrived in New York in 1955. Her star burned brightly but unfortunately all too briefly. She withdrew from the music scene in the late '50s, lending even more historical as well as musical value to these sublime performances.
H**.
Amazon has all the sound samples mixed up -- they don't match the song titles
Amazon has all the sound samples mixed up -- they don't match the song titles. This mistake not withstanding , this is great music from a pianist who should not have been relegated to obscurity. A talented artist who hopefully will get more recognition with the release of these tracks.
C**R
Als Cool Hip(p) war
Die LP zeigt die in den fünfziger Jahren gefeierte Jazzpianistin in verschiedenen Besetzungen und Stadien ihrer Entwicklung: Die im Trio anlässlich eines Konzerts (wohl des Hans Koller Quartetts) in Koblenz 1952 eingespielten „Blues After Hours“ und „Errol's Bounce“ finde ich noch ein bisschen ungelenk und wenig swingend; „After Hours“ gehörte immer zu Hipp's Favourites und ist viel besser auf den späteren Aufnahmen aus dem Hickory House in NYC zu hören, der „Bounce“ war eine Verbeugung vor Errol Garner und dem damaligen Zeitgeschmack – jedoch eher als Pausenfüller, nicht als eigenständige Darbietung gedacht. Spannend wird es auf den folgenden drei Balladen zusammen mit dem damals bereits herausragenden Tenoristen Hans Koller , besonders gelungen die dann schon mit Albert Mangelsdorff und Hipp für Brunswick 1953 eingespielten „Sound Koller“ und „Come back to Sorrento“, beide in hervorragender Aufnahmequalität und mit zunehmend charakteristischer Stilistik von Hipp exemplarische Aufnahmen des Cool Jazz, der sich bereits bewusst von amerikanischen Vorbildern abzuheben begann. Hervorragend Jutta Hipp im Trio mit „Indian Summer“ und „Everything happens to me“. Schließlich auf 2 Titeln (“Daily Double” und “Serpentinen”) 1955 Hipp zusammen mit Attila Zoller (g) und Joki Freund (ts), der wahrscheinlich auch für die Arrangements zeichnete. Albert M. ist u.a. auf „Daily Double“ mit sehr gutem Solo zu hören, m.E. jedoch nicht auf „Serpentinen“, ebenso wenig Koller, wie im Covertext behauptet wird. Für den, der diese Zeit nicht miterleben durfte und sich trotzdem ein Bild machen möchte, eine sehr empfehlenswerte LP. Man hätte sich allerdings eine bessere Auswahl des Materials und korrekte Bearbeitung der diskographischen Daten gewünscht. Auf nicht verbürgte Anekdoten wie die angeblich unerwiderte Liebe Mangelsdorffs zu Hipp und Anspielungen auf eine Alkoholabhängigkeit der Pianistin, die ihre musikalisch inaktiven Jahre ohne irgendwelche Dämonen als Näherin in Kontakt mit vielen Mitgliedern der Jazz Community in NY und Freunden in Deutschland verbrachte, werden der Komplexität der Künstlerin nicht gerecht und erscheinen höchst überflüssig. Zu wünschen wären weitere möglichst besser redigierte Veröffentlichungen aus den Archiven von NDR, SWF und WDR.
A**C
Early recordings
Interesting set of early recordings. Sound quality is adequate but the dynamics are quite flat so it needs concentration to hear what's going on. It's a well put together document and given how little Hipp music is out there it's a must if you want to hear her. Casual listeners might find it a little boring though.
A**E
Sichtbarkeit
Wer die Entwicklung des modernen Jazz in seinen Anfängen hörend verstehen will, der hat hier was ganz Tolles. Die Tempiwechsel, Verzögerungen, klanglichen Erweiterungen (ich schreibe als Laie) die hier eine noch deutlich hörbare Tradition bereichern, sind ganz sichtbar - transparent würde man wohl sagen können - das macht das Hören dieser frühen Aufnahmen für mich zu einem besonderen Erlebnis, denn die Musikerin und die Musiker erforschen Grenzland - spannend...Und wir Nachgeborenen können nur bedauern, das Jutta Hipp sich aus dem männlich dominierten Hahnenzirkus der Jazzwelt so früh hat herausziehen müssen...
D**L
Bonne pianiste.
Livraison rapide. Très bon disque de jazz et Jutta hipp très bonne pianiste.
R**L
Piano Lady
Originaire de Berlin où elle a débuté, Jutta Hipp s'installe à New-York en 1955. Remarquée par Léonard Feather elle signe un contrat pour trois albums avec Blue Note, dont l'un aux côtés du saxophoniste Zoot Sims. Ce CD la présente à l'aube de sa carrière, en compagnie de quelques uns des meilleurs musiciens allemands de l'époque. Une aubaine pour mieux apprécier son parcours car ces enregistrements étaient inédits.
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