Artist description The Lippa Jazz Band is a jazz combo from Turin (Italy) composed by seven musicians: the style is the good old jazz "hot" of '20thies, an explosive mixture of Dixieland and New Orleans.

Music Style Dixieland, New Orleans jazz style

Musical Influences Eddie Condon

Artist History The LIPPA J.B. was born in january 1989 with the idea of recreating the `sound' of traditional jazz of New-Orleans following the example of great musicians such as Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, Nick La Rocca and his ODJB, Joe "King" Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbeke and so on. More than ten years of activity, hundreds of concertos, a lot of music. The LIPPA JAZZ BAND played in all the major jazz-clubs in Turin and has been several time guest at the "Jazz Preservation Hall"; many shows in all the major theater of Turin, from Teatro Nuovo to the Teatro Regio. Three times they participate to the Festival International du Jazz in S. Raphael (France), many "street parades" and guest at the Euro Festival Jazz of Ivrea: this is the backgorund of the combo.

Group Members The LIPPA is composed by: trumpet Andrea Vitali one of the best musicians of classic jazz in Italy, trombone Vittorio Pilone, clarinet Paolo Dutto, banjo and arrangements Lorenzo Caresana; pianoforte Paolo Volante, tuba Maurizio Mallen and drums Luca Rigazio.

Instruments trumpet, clarinet, trombone, piano, banjo, tuba, drums

Albums "Skrokking" 1995, "Livery stable blues" 1997

Press Reviews "They offer excellent music by reinventing the ancient and swinging mood of the New Orleans style", "The Lippa Jazz Band keeps high the name of Dixieland", "Seven good guys that knows what old jazz is. I wish that good old Louis Armstrong, from his cloud of swing, bless them", "The Lippa Jazz Band, with his seven wild musicians, is the best you can find in traditional jazz"

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Location Torino, To - Italy

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