Arthur Lipner

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Arthur Lipner grew up in Weston, Connecticut in a musical household. His mother, soprano soloist Judith Lipner (1930-2017), attended the Yale Music School and freelanced in the NYC area. Arthur attended many of her concerts and recorded them with his Dad on a Revox reel to reel, learning at a very young age about electronics, microphone placement, tape editing and more. Arthur began classical piano at age 6 with Bill Duffy at the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven, CT. At age 10 he began a second weekly lesson, studying improvisation and theory with legendary jazz educator John Mehegan in neighboring Westport, CT. At age 12 he acquired a Deagan xylorimba and mallet percussion with Howard Zwickler in downtown Westport above a head shop next to Buffalo Clothier. At 13, after discovering the vibraphone, he declined a classical piano scholarship to the Mannes School of Music Prep Division and focused solely on vibes. He also studied general percussion with David Smith, who at the time was a Professor at Western CT State College in Danbury, CT. Arthur's first jazz mallet teacher was David Friedman, then Dave Samuels with whom he continued studying with regularly through high school and college. Friedman, Samuels and Zwickler were role models for Arthur during these early years. After earning a BS in Plant Science at the Univ of Delaware, in which he focused on plant pathology and genetics, Arthur stayed on at UD and began his Masters in Nutrition doing Graduate Research. His

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Modern Vibe

The Magic Continues

Two Hands, One Heart (Best of Arthur Lipner)

Portraits In World Jazz

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Série Jazz Café Brasil 02 - A Música de Vinícius de Moraes

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Jazz Mallets In Session

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Ain't No Sunshine

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Mallet Poet

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In Any Language

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Brasilian Vibes

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Solo Vibes: James Taylor's Sweet Baby James

Paul Simon's Graceland: Solo Marimba

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