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Mahan Mirarab

Virginia MacDonald, Andre Bachleda, Ben Wolfe, Milena Granci & more

by Marek J. Śmietański
July 2, 2026

The 127th episode is a regular edition dedicated to jazz releases from May 2026. This month's selection showcases the remarkable diversity of today's scene, bringing together established voices and emerging artists from Europe, North America, Australia and beyond. The programme flows through contemporary jazz, improvised music, ambient textures and genre-crossing projects that expand the language of ...

Nils Berg, Mahan Mirarab, Luca Falomi-Anais Drago-Fausto Beccalossi & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 23, 2026

Enjoy the fragrant aromas, vivid textures and evocative soundscapes of a handful of remarkable new albums that illustrate the richness of today's transnational jazz scene.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Shai Maestro “GG's Metamorphosis" The Guesthouse (Naive) 0:16 Host talks 6:07 Nils Berg, Norrbotten ...

Esmeralda Sella, Tomas Fujiwara, Roxana Amed, Wayne Horvitz & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 1, 2025

Jazz-inflected renditions of pop songs, Hammond B-3 romps, and magmatic textures make up a playlist which proves that great music rarely happens on major labels--or emerges from algorithms.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Roxana Amed “Salir de la melancolía" Todos los Fuegos (Sony) 0:16 ...

David Helbock, Julia Hofer: Sexy M.F.

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 16, 2025

Back in 2012 Austrian pianist David Helbock released a beautiful tribute to Prince, entitled Purple (Traumton Records). On his 2025 album Faces of the Night (ACT Music) he returns to his love for the Minneapolis wizard covering two of his songs--including one he skipped the first time around, “Sexy M.F." For Faces of the Night, Helbock ...

Drum of Stories

By John Hadfield

Label: In A Circle Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Old World New Tower of Liars Spells Map of the Future Drum of Stories Paul Motian's Diary Stolen from the 10th Arrondissement

Live From The Opus Jazz Club: Csaba Czirják Quintet, Xavi Torres Trio & Mash

by Martin Longley
December 31, 2021

The Csaba Czirják Quintet Opus Jazz Club Budapest, Hungary September 9, 2021 Budapest Music Center is a utopian artistic edifice. It houses a large concert hall, a recording studio, rehearsal rooms, a research library, a café and an impressive hoard of instruments, suited to jazz and moderne classical ...

Life

By Robert Jukic

Label: Unit Records
Released: 2013

Guitarist Mahan Mirarab dazzlingly blends traditional jazz with Persian folk on new album

May 1, 2011

In the midst of war, guitarist Mahan Mirarab was able to find solace in his music. Born in Tehran, Iran on July 13, 1983, Mirarab was raised with the Iran-Iraq War as an ominous backdrop. But proving that music is a universal language, especially the poetry of jazz, Mirarab discovered the records of jazz icons like ...