“"Nabipoor’s strength is that it is never possible to anticipate his next move...The 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)."” - Thomas Conrad
“A musician intent on blurring the future and past...a finely paced, well crafted, quietly revealing debut with a keen sense of smoldering tradition and youthful investigation.” - Mike Jurkovic
Jan 19 2021
Bringing my original music to the 2021 PDX Jazz Festival! Playing the music of 'Live at the Marigny Opera House' w/ a ridiculous lineup of friends & mentors in Portland. Alan Jones, Jon Lakey, Mike Gamble & Leon Cotter. Literally…
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Dec 5 2020
Fumari, the new Peach Tree Rascals single which I arranged & recorded horns for, came out last month. It’s been really fun working on a project so deep in the realm of pop compared to what I usually do…
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Sep 17 2020
"Trumpeter Cyrus 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. Nabipoor’s upcoming debut full-length, 'Live at the Marigny Opera House' is shot through with…
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Apr 9 2020
Offbeat Magazine published a feature on 'Futa Trap', Noruz's latest release! It contains a Q&A where I talk about my musical inspiration for the song, as well as get into some heavier subject matter relating to the word 'Jazz'. You…
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Dec 26 2019
Elated to announce that I am officially an Edwards Brass Artist!!! I’ve been playing Edwards since 2014 when I fortuitously stumbled upon them while visiting a good friend in Beloit WI. Earlier this month I spent a day at the…
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Dec 20 2019
As 2019 wraps up, KMHD Portland Jazz Radio has published a list of their "Top 10 Albums of 2019". I'm very honored that Remote is on that list! Growing up, I listened to KMHD constantly as I drove around Portland…
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Nov 19 2019
'Remote' (Korgy & Bass + Me) video just released via Vortex Music Magazine. You can read the full article here
Video shot and edited by Barra Brown
Nov 15 2019
This week I'll be returning to my hometown, Portland Oregon, to perform at the OMSI Planetarium with Korgy & Bass. I've been going to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) since I was a little kid. In my opinion…
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Oct 14 2019
The next "big show" that I'm working on. NORUZ brings the fire after a few quiet months. Local & international legend Stephen Gladney headlines. NOLA-beatmaking-collective Bag Season Records does a round-robin style showcase. Korgy & Bass makes their New Orleans…
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Sep 10 2019
I just returned from a fantastic weekend of music in Chicago, participating in the Instigation Festival. Instigation is an improvised music festival that acts as a partnership between New Orleans & Chicago, happening once a year in each city. This…
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Aug 6 2019
Honored to be featured in this month's OffBeat Magazine 'My Music' series! Thanks to Raphael Helfand for stitching my words into cohesive sentences. In this interview, I talk a lot about my recent release with Korgy & Bass, Remote…
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Aug 6 2019
Video of 'Fatty Hat' from our album release show at Mississippi Studios in Portland, OR. This show was extremely fun to play, and challenging to prepare for. We created the music with many layers, and no consideration of performability. So…
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Jul 15 2019
Remote, a collaborative album with Korgy & Bass (Portland, OR), has just been released on Cavity Search Records! As the name indicates, the whole thing was done remotely without us ever being in the same place. In fact…
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