Plötzlich Hip(p)

For decades, pianist Jutta Hipp had fallen into obscurity on the international jazz scene. Yet, born and raised in Leipzig in 1925, she became a rising star in postwar West Germany after successfully completing her art studies and was a rare exception in the male-dominated world of jazz. As “Europe’s First Lady of Jazz,” she made the leap across the Atlantic. She conquered the New York jazz scene and played with the jazz greats of her time. Her big breakthrough came with her recordings for the renowned record label Blue Note Records as the first white and German jazz pianist among exclusively African American colleagues such as Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, and many others.
At the height of her success, she abruptly ended her career and traded the piano for a sewing machine. However, she did not return to Germany. Plötzlich Hip(p) is an unusual biography, an exploration of the personality and multifaceted artist Jutta Hipp, set against the social and cultural-political events of her time.

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