Jutta Hipp, a jazz pianist from Germany who had a short, celebrated career in the 1950s playing in New York nightclubs and making records for the Blue Note label, then turned her back on jazz to ...

Last week I posted on German pianist Jutta Hipp, who recorded in the 1950s before disappearing from the jazz scene. I also mentioned that Katja von Schuttenbach—a jazz historian and journalist —had ...

We'll kick things off with some Latin energy from Mongo Santamaria and his Orchestra, recorded live at the Black Hawk in San Francisco in 1962. Next, we'll hear The Incredible Jimmy Smith with ...

Jutta Hipp, 78, a German-born jazz pianist who cut short her musical career to become a dressmaker, died Monday at her home in the Queens section of New York City. The cause of death was not reported.

Jutta Hipp, a German-born jazz pianist who cut short her musical career to become a dressmaker, died April 7 at her home in Queens, New York. She was 78. Leipzig native began playing piano at 9. When ...