Angelo DiPippo of Garden City, N.Y. has played accordion since the age of eight. A graduate of Holy Cross College with a Masters degree from C.W. Post College and an honorary Doctorate from Five Towns College.

He has played on thousands of Recording Sessions. He has recorded and concretized with such artists as: Peggy Lee, Billy Eckstein, James earl Jones, Judy Collins, Roberta Peters, The Ramones, Robert Merrill, Harry Belafonte, Debbie Reynolds, Donald OíConnor, Randy Newman, Theodore Bikel, The Four Lads, Frankie Avalon, Jimmy Roselli, Enzo Stuarit, Claudio Villa, Luciano Virgelli, Connie Haynes, Don Sebesky, Mary Duff and Gilbert Becaud. Angelo and his Jazz Group have made appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival and many other Jazz venues, including Birdland, the Café Bohemia, and Lincoln Cenetr in New York. His appearances include: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The Today Show, The Regis Philbin Show, The New York City Ballet, Sesame Street, The New York Pops with Skitch Henderson, Seven great years playing with the Jackie Gleason Show and so many more to numerous to mention.

Angelo was voted best accordionist in America in the prestigious Keyboard Magazine Poll. He May also be seen and heard playing accordion in Films such as Godfather (the wedding scene). Lovers And Other Strangers, Wiseguys, Wait Until Spring Bandini, Cookie, Playing For Time, Tuff Turf, Johnny Skidmarks, The Dangerous Hero, Children of the Corn, O.C. Stiggs. Angelo has played in several Broadway Productions including: Carnival, Fiddler On The Roof, Irma La Douce, Follies Bergere. He was also the Assistant Conductor for the production of Poor Murder starring Lawerence Luckenbill & Maria Shell. Angelo conducted and arranged for the eminent Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert Merrill, for over twenty years. Today Angelo can be found active in New York, composing, arrangering and performing.