Peter Lipa
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Peter Lipa (born May 30, 1943) is a Slovak singer, composer and promoter of 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 through to funk and rock.
[edit] Beatles in Blue(s) album
In 2003, he released an album called Beatles in Blue(s) featuring 16 Beatles songs: "All I've Got to Do", "All My Loving", "And I Love Her", "Day Tripper", "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "Every Little Thing", "Got to Get You Into My Life", "I Saw Her Standing There", "I Wanna Be Your Man", "I've Just Seen a Face", "Misery", "No Reply", "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", "P.S. I Love You", "The Fool on the Hill", and "With a Little Help from My Friends".
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.
