Peter Lipa

Peter Lipa
Born	(1943-05-30) 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.

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. 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. Most recently, his latest studio output entitled 68 (2012) peaked at number forty-eight on the Czech Albums Chart.

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, number #11 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní.)
• 2005: Jana Kirschner, Peter Lipa, Boboš Procházka with Jana Kirschner and Boboš Procházka
• 2012: 68 (number #48 on the CZ Top 50 Prodejní.)

Export and English albums

• 1984: Moanin' (OPUS, #9115 1461)
• 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
• 2000: Bistro (BMG Ariola) with Band
• 2003: Beatles in Blue(s)

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	Won
1995	"Balada o štyroch koňoch"		Music Video of the Year	Won
1998	Himself	Crystal Wing	Music Act of the Year	Won
1999	"Maturantky"	ZAI Awards	Music Video of the Year	Won
2005	Himself	Aurel Awards	Male Vocal Performance of the Year	Won
			Record Producer of the Year	Won
	Lipa spieva Lasicu		Record of the Year	Won
			Record of the Year in Jazz/Blues	Won
			Artwork of the Year	Won
			Album of the Year	Nominated
2010	Himself	Bratislavian Blueberry	Personality of the Year	Won
Music polls
1983	Himself	Jazz Forum Award	European Jazz Vocalist	Nominated
1998	Himself	Slávik Awards	People's Choice – Male Singer	19th place
1999				13th place
2000				14th place
2001				12th place
2002				18th place
2003				24th place
2004				21st Place
2005				8th place
2006				19th place
2007				29th place
2008				32nd Place
2009				17th place
2010				31st Place
2011				17th place
2012				21st Place
Lifetime honors and other achievements
1987	Himself	Meritorious Artist		Honored
2000		ZAI Awards	The Hall of Fame	Honored
2003		Ľudovít Štúr Order – Class III	Culture and Art	Honored
2007	Lipa spieva Lasicu	Best Slovak Album of All Time		58th place
	...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

Awards

Notes

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

See also

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

References

General

Specific

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