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Jazz, couleur Django
April 26th, 2010

C'était il y a deux ans. À quelque 60 ans passés, René Bigot était à New York pour courir le marathon. Un saut de puce plus loin, du côté de New Rochelle, ce fou de jazz découvrait Zachary Lipton, 24 ans, diplômé de Columbia et musicien prodige. Un échange avec de jeunes jazzmen rochelais plus loin, Zachary déboulera cette fin de semaine en Charente-Maritime où il sera l'une des attractions majeures de la dixième édition du Festival de jazz New Aunis - New Orléans, qui débute le 30 avril pour s'achever le 7 mai.

Un festival singulier où l'aubade du matin, généralement place de la Caille à La Rochelle, précède celle de l'après-midi sur le Vieux Port, prélude à un concert plus académique sur scène en soirée. Avec Zachary Lipton en fil rouge, neuf orchestres seront de la fête dont, naturellement, les Haricots rouges, les locaux Marc Anthony & co, Sing and swing, New Rochelle et les Sablais Trompettes d'occasion. Fidèle au rendez-vous, Éric Luter (et Triocéphale) sera de la partie, de même que l'incontournable Jean-Paul Fontaine, le showman du Vitamine Jazz-band.

Cette dixième édition sera festive, elle sera aussi commémorative : on fêtera les cent ans de Django, comme la récente disparition du grand José Cando. Émotion et jazz manouche, même combat. Temps forts ? Filez le 2 mai à Surgères (hommage à Cando d'Éric Luther & co au Castel Park), suivez les jazzmen dans leur folle journée (et leur folle nuit) rue Saint-Nicolas à La Rochelle le 5 mai, et bien sûr réservez votre fauteuil le lundi 3 mai : les Haricots rouges comptent mettre à feu l'auditorium de l'Espace Encan.

- Sud Ouest

February 25, 2010

"The New Rochelle Sister City Committee is proud to announce the selection of saxophonist Zachary Lipton as the city’s musical ambassador to the La Rochelle, France, “New Orleans Jazz Festival” this April. Lipton, 24, is a 2003 graduate of New Rochelle High School and a 2007 graduate of Columbia University.
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Lipton attended Columbia University, in a city overflowing with musical opportunities. While an undergraduate, he performed at a number of clubs and universities, gave performances and clinics at high schools, and founded a weekly on-campus jazz performance. During his senior year, he recorded a collection of original compositions on an album entitled First Steps, which was praised in a review on All About Jazz as “engaging, musically genuine and well-conceived”.

After graduating from Columbia with honors, having completed a major in Mathematics and Economics, Lipton’s musical career has been on the rise. He has performed a series of concerts recently at the Underground Lounge in New York City and is at the forefront of the intersection of internet technology and the world of music, developing new ways to share music and the artistic process and to create a richer, web-based interaction between artist and audience.

Lipton was chosen by a musically-based audition committee consisting of Brian Carter, David Patterson, Sheila Sarkar and Domenick Guastaferro, from among several qualified applicants who responded to a request publicized by the Sister City Committee earlier this year. "

- New Rochelle Sound Report

February 16, 2008

"Lipton's improvisational approach echoes the swiftness of 1960s-era Wayne Shorter (Flight) and the gracefulness of Dexter Gordon (March 1st, Waltz for Maya). The disc's ten tracks, all composed by Lipton, traverse a diverse array of tempos and grooves, with an underlying propensity to swing. Lipton's compositional skills shine bright on the opening track Shtuyot, the ballad, March 1st, and The Hodge Positionary, a frenzied romp with angular proportions.
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A gifted saxophonist and composer, Lipton has the potential to develop into an original voice on the jazz scene. First Steps is an engaging introduction, musically genuine and well-conceived."

- All About Jazz

“Zack’s dedication to often-overlooked elements of musicianship is rare in a person of his age. I am impressed with his innate sense of curiosity and meticulous attention to detail.”

- Branford Marsalis