Bio
Cyrus Nabipoor is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator. A distinctive voice both on the horn and in his songwriting, Cyrus’ singular sound has garnered him international acclaim. He has been a featured festival artist at PDX Jazz, Cathedral Park, Montavilla Jazz, New Orleans French Quarter, and Chicago Instigation. To date, he has released 2 albums under his own name, and collaborated on numerous more. In addition to his self-titled work, Cyrus runs the Puddletown Stompers, is a member of Reb & The Good News, and an active sideman.
An in-demand composer/arranger, Cyrus has had several works commissioned by Portland Jazz Composer’s Ensemble, and has produced horn tracks for major artists including Nicky Youre, Grace Enger, Maggie Koerner, Peach Tree Rascals, and David Hugo. He has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with a wide variety of artists including Jamison Ross, Elle King, Tarriona “Tank” Ball, Wess “Warmdaddy” Anderson, James Singleton, Jason Marsalis, Steve Masakowski, Mike Dillon, Stanton Moore, Amina Scott, Nicole McCabe, and more.
Cyrus has served on faculty at Loyola University New Orleans. He is an artist-in-residence at multiple Portland Public Schools, and runs a private trumpet studio.
Born and raised in Portland OR, Cyrus began his studies with Derek Sims & Alan Jones. He holds a B.M. from Loyola University New Orleans, where he graduated magna cum laude and was awarded outstanding undergraduate in both Jazz and Brass. While at Loyola, he studied with Nick Volz, Tony Dagradi and Jimbo Walsh. In 2015, Cyrus was awarded the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Scholarship.
Cyrus is endorsed by Thane Trumpets.
Press
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"Nabipoor’s strength is that it is never possible to anticipate his next move...The jazz equivalent of a first-year pitcher who throws 99 m.p.h....His trumpet chops are deadly and his penetrating brass tone is classically pure (except when he turns it dirty)."
-JazzTimes
A bandleader and composer/arranger for whom no style or emotion is off limits."
-Offbeat Magazine
"A musician intent on blurring the future and past...'Live at the Marigny Opera House' is a finely paced, well crafted, quietly revealing debut with a keen sense of smoldering tradition and youthful investigation."
-All About Jazz
"Nabipoor’s compositions concern themselves less with fitting into one jazz idiom or another and more with a pure, almost ecstatic sense of in-the-moment expression"
-KMHD Jazz Radio
Selected Discography
Leader/Co-leader
After You've Gone
(Independent) 2024
In Lieu of Tears
(Independent) 2023
Live at the Marigny Opera House
(Independent) 2020
Live At PreSonus (w/ Korgy & Bass)
(Cavity Search Records) 2020
Futa Trap (w/ Noruz)
(Independent) 2020
Remote (w/ Korgy & Bass)
(Cavity Search Records) 2019
The Witching Hour (w/ Noruz)
(Independent) 2018
Losing Focus (w/ Outer Core)
(Breakfast 4 Dinner Records) 2017
The Animal Singles (w/ Noruz)
(Independent) 2015-16
Drawing Purple Orbits (w/ The Wishermen)
(Independent) 2012
Horn Arr./Prod.
Nicky Youre - Good Times Go
(Columbia Records) 2023
Maggie Koerner - Wasted
(Mirrorball) 2022
Clubhouse - Home Videos
(AWAL Recordings) 2021
Peach Tree Rascals - Welcome to Camp Nowhere
(HomeMade Projects) 2021
David Hugo - We Made It
(^_^) 2021
Peach Tree Rascals - Fumari
(HomeMade Projects) 2020
Sideman/Session
Barra Brown - Cyrus
(Cavity Search) 2021
Brass Lightning - Consonance
(Independent) 2022)
Jeff Albert - Unanimous Sources
(Breakfast 4 Dinner) 2020
Squirrel Queen - Life & Death & In Between
(Independent) 2020
Barra Brown - Raverborg
(Cavity Search) 2019
Cyrus Snow - Winter Came
(Independent) 2019
Korgy & Bass - Beauty Marx
(Cavity Search Records) 2019
Doombalaya - Doggy Day Dreams
(Independent) 2019
Roadside Glorious - Brawn & Bone
(Independent) 2018
The Convenience - EP
(Independent) 2018
Miss Mojo - Love In Time
(Independent) 2018
Sexual Thunder - Pleasure to the People
(Independent) 2017
Doombalaya - Pants on Fiya
(Independent) 2017
Flow Tribe - Boss
(Faction) 2017
Doombalaya - Dinner
(Independent) 2015