Peter Lipa

Peter Lipa
Background information
Born	(1943-05-30) May 30, 1943 (age 81) Prešov, Slovak Republic
Genres	Jazz, blues
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Violin, trumpet, trombone, guitar
Years active	1963–present
Labels	East-West Promotion
Website	peterlipa.com

Peter Lipa (born May 30, 1943) is a Slovak singer, composer, and promoter of jazz. He has been called the Father of Slovak Jazz. ^{[1] [2]} Lipa is regarded as the most significant figure in the Slovak jazz scene. He developed a unique vocal style that focused on the lyrics. His music is influenced by performers including Jimmy Rushing, Ray Charles, Al Jarreau, Joe Cocker, and Bobby McFerrin, and is a mix of jazz and blues. He was the first jazz singer to use Slovak. ^[3]

Life and career

Lipa was born in Prešov to Hungarian-Jewish parents and has worked in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. His roots are in blues, soul, and classical music and his work rock and jazz standards.

In 2003, he released an album called Beatles in Blue(s) with versions of sixteen songs by The Beatles. He and his arrangers and musicians intended to create the most unusual renditions they could imagine. ^[4] Some songs, such as "Every Little Thing" and "I Wanna Be Your Man", are recorded so differently from the original versions that only the lyrics remain. In each case, the tempo, rhythm, chord changes, and melody are new.

Three of his studio albums have been listed among The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time, such as Lipa spieva Lasicu (2005), at number fifty-eight, ...v najlepších rokoch (2001), at number sixty-three, and Naspäť na stromy (1995), at number eighty-one. ^[5] His album 68 (2012) peaked at number forty-eight on the Czech Albums Chart. ^[6]

Discography

Studio albums

• 1983: Neúprosné ráno (OPUS, #9115 1460; aka Moanin')
• 1987: Škrtni, co se nehodí (Supraphon, #1115 4206) with Luboš Andršt Blues Band
• 1987: Je to stále tak (OPUS, #9315 1940; aka That's the Way It Is)
• 1987: Peter Lipa a T+R Band with T+R Band (OPUS)
• 1992: Svíčka a stín (Panton, #81 1223-2 331) with Eva Olmerová and Jana Koubková
• 1995: Naspäť na stromy (East West Promotion, #1994-001) with Andrej Šeban, Juraj Griglák, Juraj Bartoš and Gabo Jonáš
• 1998: Čierny Peter (BMG Ariola) with Andrej Šeban, Juraj Tatár, Gašpar and Marcel Buntaj
• 2001: ...v najlepších rokoch (Millennium Records & Publishing, #834 006)
• 2005: Lipa spieva Lasicu (Platinum, ^[7] number #11 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní. ^[8] )
• 2005: Jana Kirschner, Peter Lipa, Boboš Procházka with Jana Kirschner and Boboš Procházka
• 2012: 68 (number #48 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní. ^[6] )

Export and English albums

• 1984: Moanin' (OPUS, #9115 1461) ^{[n. 1]}
• 1988: That's the Way It Is (OPUS, #9313 1988)
• 1988: Blues Office (Supraphon, #1115 4255) with Luboš Andršt Blues Band
• 1995: Up to date with T+R Band
• 1997: Boogie Up (PolyGram / EmArcy) with Peter Breiner ^{[n. 2]}
• 2000: Bistro (BMG Ariola) with Band ^{[n. 3]}
• 2003: Beatles in Blue(s) ^{[n. 4]}

Live albums

• 1984: Blues z lipového dřeva (Supraphon, #1115 3109) with Luboš Andršt Blues Band

Notes

1. Both albums, Moanin and That's the Way It Is, were re-issued as a box set entitled La La La (1998).
2. Breiner's performance is uncredited on the front cover.
3. The release also features two tracks sung in Slovak, namely "V súkromnom bistre" and "Pamäť".
4. The work features cover versions by The Beatles.

Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
Major awards and/or nominations
1993	Himself	Ladislav Martoník Award	Best Performance in Jazz	Won
1994	Naspäť na stromy	ZAI Awards	Producer of the Year [A]	Won	[9]
1995	"Balada o štyroch koňoch"		Music Video of the Year [B]	Won
1998	Himself	Crystal Wing Awards	Music Act of the Year	Won	[10]
1999	"Maturantky"	ZAI Awards	Music Video of the Year [C]	Won	[9]
2005	Himself	Aurel Awards	Male Vocal Performance of the Year	Won	[11]
			Record Producer of the Year [D]	Won
	Lipa spieva Lasicu		Record of the Year [E]	Won
			Record of the Year in Jazz/Blues	Won
			Artwork of the Year [F]	Won
			Album of the Year	Nominated	[12]
2010	Himself	Bratislavian Blueberry	Personality of the Year	Won	[13]
Music polls
1983	Himself	Jazz Forum Award	European Jazz Vocalist	Nominated	[14]
1998	Himself	Slávik Awards	People's Choice – Male Singer	19th place	[15]
1999				13th place	[16]
2000				14th place	[17]
2001				12th place	[18]
2002				18th place	[19]
2003				24th place	[20]
2004				21st Place	[21]
2005				8th place	[22]
2006				19th place	[23]
2007				29th place	[24]
2008				32nd Place	[25]
2009				17th place	[26]
2010				31st Place	[27]
2011				17th place	[28]
2012				21st Place	[29]
Lifetime honors and other achievements
1987	Himself	Merited Artist		Honored	[14]
2000		ZAI Awards	The Hall of Fame	Honored	[9]
2003		Ľudovít Štúr Order – Class III	Culture and Art [G]	Honored	[30]
2007	Lipa spieva Lasicu	Best Slovak Album of All Time		58th place	[5]
	...v najlepších rokoch			63rd Place
	Naspäť na stromy			81st Place
The years are listed in order of the respective years, the annual ceremonies are usually held the next.

Notes

• A ^ The award credited to Andrej Šeban and shared with another album produced by himself, Part I by Made 2 Mate. ^[9]
• B ^ The award credited to Gratex company. ^[9]
• C ^ The award credited to Adnan Hamzić. ^[9]
• D ^ The award shared with Juraj Tatár, Martin Gašpar and Peter Lipa Jr. ^{[11] [12]}
• E ^ The award credited to Ľuboš Války a Juraj Kupec. ^[11]
• F ^ The award credited to Marek Ormandík. ^[11]
• G ^ Ľudovít Štúr Order denotes a state decoration, bestowed by the president of the country. ^[30]

See also

• Slovak popular music
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time
• Honorific nicknames in popular music

References

General

• "Czech Musical Vocabulary of People & Institutions > Lipa, Petr". Ústav hudební vědy (in Czech). Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity. ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
• Lipa, Peter. "Chart history". Rádio SK 50 Oficiálna (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
• Lipa, Peter. "Slávik Awards". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.

Specific

1. "Peter Lipa dobíja nemecké rádiá". Denník 24hodin (in Slovak). WEBkomplex s.r.o. March 10, 2006. 24hod.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
2. "Otec slovenského džezu – Peter Lipa". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. May 29, 2007. sme.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
3. "Peter Lipa". Peter Lipa. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
4. Couture, François. "Beatles in Blue(s): Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
5. For the complete list of The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time, use either the topky.sk-link and/or the cas.sk-link:
   • "Exkluzívny rebríček: 100 najlepších slovenských albumov". Topky (in Slovak). Zoznam.sk. September 22, 2007. topky.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
   • "Exkluzívny rebríček: 100 najlepších slovenských albumov". Nový čas (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. September 22, 2007. cas.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
6. "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 28. týden 2012". Top 50 Prodejní (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. July 20, 2012. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved May 16, 2013. Peter Lipa → 68 #48
7. Bezr, Ondřej (May 18, 2012). "Peter Lipa natočil nové multižánrové album". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). MAFRA. idnes.cz. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
8. "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 45. týden 2007". Top 50 Prodejní (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. November 8, 2007. mam.ihned.cz. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013. Peter Lipa → Lipa spieva Lasicu #11
9. "Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby > História". Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby (in Slovak). ZAI. October 2012. zai.eu.sk. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
10. "O Krištálovom krídle > II. ročník". Net & Web Services, s.r.o (in Slovak). NWS. 1998. kristalovekridlo.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
11. For the winners of the 5th Aurel Awards, use either the musicscaper.sk-link and/or the pravda.sk-link:
    • "Aurel > 2005". Music Scaper (in Slovak). Music Scaper – hudobný priestor. March 29, 2007. musicscaper.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
    • Gáfrik, Zdeno (March 22, 2006). "Aurelom kraľovala Peha s Lipom,najpredávanejšiu Schindlerovú vypískali". Pravda (in Slovak). PEREX, a.s. pravda.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
12. "V nomináciách Aurela boduje Müller aj Peha". Pravda (in Slovak). PEREX, a.s. March 3, 2006. pravda.sk. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
13. "Mesto a jeho správa > Bratislavská čučoriedka > Kategória Osobnosť". Hlavné mesto SR Bratislava (in Slovak). BKIS. bratislava.sk. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
14. "Interpreti > Lipa, Peter" (PDF). Alcyon (in Slovak). p. 135. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
15. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 1998 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
16. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 1999 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
17. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2000 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
18. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2001 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
19. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2002 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
20. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2003 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
21. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2004 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
22. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2005 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
23. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2006 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
24. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2007 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
25. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2008 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
26. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2009 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
27. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2010 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
28. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2011 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
29. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2012 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
30. "28. august 2003 > Prezident SR udelil štátne vyznamenania". Prezident Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). Kancelária Prezidenta SR. August 28, 2003. prezident.sk. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2013.

Bibliography

• Lipa, Peter; Kollár, Jozef (2003). Maverick: My Life with Jazz (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia: Ikar. p. 157. ISBN   978-80-5510-534-5. OCLC   58536847 . Retrieved May 17, 2013.

Further reading

• Matzner, Antonín; Poledňák, Ivan; Wasserberger, Igor (1990). Encyclopedia of Jazz and Modern Popular Music (in Czech) (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Editio Supraphon. p. 649. ISBN   978-80-7058-210-7. OCLC   7579266 . Retrieved May 17, 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Peter Lipa at AllMusic
• Peter Lipa at Muzikus.cz
• Peter Lipa at SuperMusic.sk