A protege of Willie "The Lion" Smith, Eubie Blake and Luckey Roberts, he has created his own special mode within the idiom.
[citation needed] Lipskin is a piano instructor, record producer and author.
He has striven to keep alive the form of jazz piano known as "Harlem Stride Piano", performing varied repertoire and originals, and has concertized throughout the United States and Europe, both singly and with Dinah Lee, a trad jazz singer.
His 1958 photographs and commentary contributed to the 1995 documentary film A Great Day in Harlem.
[1] Lipskin performed at the Fats Waller centennial concert at the 22nd San Francisco Jazz Festival.