Tommy Lipuma

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Tommy LiPuma (July 5, 1936 – March 13, 2017) was an American music producer.

He has received 33 Grammy nominations, five Grammy Awards, and his shows have sold over 7 million albums.

LiPuma worked with many artists, including Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, George Benson, Phil Upchurch, Al Jarbó, Gábor Szabó, Bétje, Michael Franks, Moses McKell, Ben Sidran, and Dr. Judith Watson, including Barbra Streisand, Derek Evans, Richard McCartney, Ben Sidran, The Sandpipers, Patrick McCartney, Matthew Davis, Bill Evans,

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Personal life

LiPuma acquired 20th century American Modern art outside of music. Works from his collection, which includes works from artists Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Arthur Dove, and Alfred Maurer, have been on display in numerous galleries and museums around the country.

Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, has opened the Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts on March 26, 2012.

Lipuma died in New York City at the age of 80.

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Career

When LiPuma was a boy, an extended bone ache led him to find solace in a bedside radio, where he discovered rhythm-and-blues and jazz musicians of the time – Little Jimmy Scott, Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle, Charles Brown, and Nat Cole. He started learning about the tenor saxophone after being inspired by the music. He went to barber school in the hopes of following in his father's footsteps while playing in local big bands. However, a chance to perform with a band changed his plans. M.S.'s first real job in the music industry was as an entry-level worker for a local Cleveland music distributor. He was eventually the local distributor, where he later became the local promotions representative.

LiPuma began working as a publicity representative for Liberty Records, which later bought Imperial Records and the Imperial Records catalog. LiPuma began focusing on music distribution, but also hosted demo sessions for young songwriters like Jackie DeShannon, Randy Newman, and P.J. Proby is a pro. LiPuma made his first recording for release with fellow Clevelanders The O'Jays in late 1964, resulting in the Top 40 R&B hit, "Lipstick Traces." Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss hired him in 1965 to be the first employee producer for their A&M brand. He produced "Guantana" for the Sandpipers, "The More I See You" for Chris Montez, and gold albums for French singer Claudine Longet over the next four years (Claudine and The Look of Love). In Claudine Longet's 1968 film "A Walk in the Park," he spoke about the event.

LiPuma founded the Blue Thumb label in 1968, inspired by the cultural shifts of the late 1960s, which included performances such as the Monterey Pop Festival. LiPuma, who was frustrated that his A&M productions were pigeonholed to a certain degree, saw this as a way to broaden his musical horizons. Tommy LiPuma had the best ears in the record industry, according to Phil Upchurch, a label signing. Blue Thumb Records has assembled an eclectic lineup of musicians, including Ben Sidran, Gerry Rafferty, The Credibility Gap, Hugh Masekela, Ike & Tina Turner, The Pointer Sisters, Dave Mason, Gabor Szabo, Joato, Daniel Hicks, Matt DeCaro, comedy troupe National Lampoon, and Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks.

LiPuma took up a production job for Columbia Records (as Blue Thumb's co-owner), as well as freelance at will), and Barbra Streisand produced an album based on the film The Way We Were. He joined Warner Bros. Records as an A&R staff producer by late 1974. It was at Warner Bros. that he had his first multi-platinum success with George Benson's 1976 album Breezin's first Grammy nomination for his song "This Masquerade." Michael Franks, Al Jarreau, Stuff, Eumir Deodato, Bill Evans, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Joo Gilberto, and Dan Hicks' music continued to gain traction with charts.

LiPuma was recruited to work with Horizon Records, A&M's imprint, from 1978 to 1979, where he collaborated with Brenda Russell, the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Seawind, Dr. John, and Neil Larsen. He became Vice President of Jazz and Progressive Music at Warner Bros. Records at the end of 1979. Randy Crawford, Brenda Russell, Peabo Bryson, Patti Austin, the Yellowjackets, Michael Brecker, Barry Sanborn, Earl Klugh, Dr. John, Aztec Camera, and Everything But The Girl were all produced by him for less than a decade at Warner Bros.

LiPuma joined Warner Bros. in 1990 to become Elektra Records' Senior Vice President. Unforttable... with Love, Natalie Cole's executive produced the album (he produced 8 songs on the album). It is one of his most commercially lucrative ventures, winning three Grammy awards, one of which LiPuma received his second of three. He revived his life (Sire Records), and was once more active in a film's soundtrack, assuring the score for David Mamet's film Glengarry Glen Ross.

LiPuma worked with GRP and Verve Records from 1994 to 2011. Diana Krall, a drummer and pianist, appeared at the start of his career, sparking a long line of collaborative projects totaling to more than a dozen albums. When I Look In Your Eyes, her album, has sold 2 million copies and been nominated for Album of the Year. Her latest album, The Look of Love, debuted in the top ten of Billboard's Top Tensions chart, grossing over 4 million copies worldwide. LiPuma's third Grammy was earned by Krall's 2002 album, Live in Paris.

He served as Chairman Emeritus at Verve from 2004 to 2011. While at Verve, LiPuma was able to freelance again, producing tracks for non-Verve musicians, including Michael Bublé, Willie Nelson, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Joe Sample & Randy Crawford (PRA Records), Luis Salinas, and Paul McCartney (producing the ex-Beatle's first-ever standards album, Kisses on the Bottom).

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