Peter Lipa

Peter Lipa
Born	May 30, 1943 Prešov, Slovak Republic
Occupation	Musician, vocalist, songwriter
Years active	1963–present
Website	www.peterlipa.com
Musical career
Genres	Jazz, blues
Instruments	Violin, trumpet, trombone, guitar
Labels	East-West Promotion (since 1998)
Signature

Peter Lipa (born May 30, 1943) is a Slovak singer, composer and promoter of jazz, often referred to as the Father of Slovak Jazz.^[1][2]

Lipa was born in Prešov, and has mainly worked in Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His roots are blues, soul, and mainstream classical, and his work ranges from jazz standards to funk and rock.

In 2003, he released an album called Beatles in Blue(s) featuring 16 Beatles songs. His interpretations of these songs are very individualistic as he and his arrangers and musicians aimed at creating the most unusual renditions they could imagine.^[3] 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.^[4] Most recently, his latest studio output entitled 68 (2012) peaked at number forty-eight on the Czech Albums Chart.^[5]

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 Bunta
• 2001: ...v najlepších rokoch (Millenium Records & Publishing, #834 006)
• 2005: Lipa spieva Lasicu (Platinum,^[6] number #11 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní.^[7])
• 2005: Jana Kirschner, Peter Lipa, Boboš Procházka with Jana Kirschner and Boboš Procházka
• 2012: 68 (number #48 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní.^[5])

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]}

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
Major awards and/or nominations
1993	Himself	Ladislav Martoník Award	Best Performance in Jazz	Won	[8]
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	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	Meritorious 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	[4]
	...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.

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 language, namely "V súkromnom bistre" and "Pamäť".
4. The work features cover versions by The Beatles.

Awards

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 Hamzič.^[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 2013-05-20.
• Lipa, Peter. "Chart history". Rádio SK 50 Oficiálna (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
• Lipa, Peter. "Slávik Awards". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.

Specific

1. "Peter Lipa dobíja nemecké rádiá". Denník 24hodin (in Slovak). WEBkomplex s.r.o. March 10, 2006. 24hod.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
2. "Otec slovenského džezu – Peter Lipa". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. May 29, 2007. sme.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
3. Couture, François. "Beatles in Blue(s): Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
4. 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 2013-05-16.
   • "Exkluzívny rebríček: 100 najlepších slovenských albumov". Nový čas (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. September 22, 2007. cas.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
5. "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 28. týden 2012". Top 50 Prodejní (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. July 20, 2012. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-16. Peter Lipa → 68 #48
6. Bezr, Ondřej (May 18, 2012). "Peter Lipa natočil nové multižánrové album.". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). MAFRA. idnes.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
7. "Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 45. týden 2007". Top 50 Prodejní (in Czech). Hospodářské noviny. November 8, 2007. mam.ihned.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-16. Peter Lipa → Lipa spieva Lasicu #11
8. "Legendy popu > Peter Lipa". Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (in Slovak). RTVS. October 2012. stv.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
9. "Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby > História". Zväz autorov a interprétov populárnej hudby (in Slovak). ZAI. October 2012. zai.eu.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
10. "O Krištálovom krídle > II. ročník". Net & Web Services, s.r.o (in Slovak). NWS. 1998. kristalovekridlo.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
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 2013-05-16.
    • Gáfrik, Zdeno (March 22, 2006). "Aurelom kraľovala Peha s Lipom,najpredávanejšiu Schindlerovú vypískali". Pravda (in Slovak). PEREX, a.s. pravda.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
12. "V nomináciách Aurela boduje Müller aj Peha". Pravda (in Slovak). PEREX, a.s. March 3, 2006. pravda.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
13. "Mesto a jeho správa > Bratislavská čučoriedka > Kategória Osobnosť". Hlavné mesto SR Bratislava (in Slovak). BKIS. bratislava.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
14. "Interpreti > Lipa, Peter" (PDF). Alcyon (in Slovak). p. 135. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
15. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 1998 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
16. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 1999 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
17. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2000 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
18. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2001 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
19. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2002 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
20. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2003 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
21. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2004 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
22. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2005 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
23. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2006 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
24. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2007 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
25. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2008 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
26. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2009 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
27. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2010 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
28. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2011 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
29. "Slávik – Výsledky Slávik 2012 – Spevák". Produkčný dom FORZA (in Slovak). FORZA. forza.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
30. "28. august 2003 > Prezident SR udelil štátne vyznamenania". Prezident Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). Kancelária Prezidenta SR. August 28, 2003. prezident.sk. Retrieved 2013-05-16.

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 2013-05-17.

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 2013-05-17.

External links

Official website Peter Lipa at AllMusic Peter Lipa on Discogs

Peter Lipa at the Internet Movie Database Peter Lipa at Muzikus.cz Peter Lipa at SuperMusic.sk