30
JAN
2025
Album " Lost Stop "
Lost Stop is the first trio project by composer and pianist Ali Hossein Mahdavi.
The album includes eight original compositions for piano, double bass, and drums. The music is built on modal structures and detailed rhythmic patterns shaped by Iranian musical systems and contemporary jazz language.
The written material defines form and direction. Improvisation develops within these structures as an essential part of the music.
Recorded live in a studio near Vienna, Lower Austria, on 3 and 4 August 2024, the trio setting is expanded in two pieces through the addition of tuba, played by the drummer.
Credits:
- Compositions, Productions & Piano: Ali Hossein Mahdavi
- Double Bass: Lukas Florian
- Drums, Tuba & Conga: Jan Samson Krizanic
- Recording: Simon Schenk-Mair
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Cover Photo: Silas Isenmann
- Cover Design: Negiin Beigii
21
JUL
2024
Single " Expected Escape "
Credits :
- Composition & Production & Keys & Bass : Ali Hossein
- Percussion : Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering : Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Pál Balog
18
Nov
2023
Album " BISTOHAFT "
The second released album, which offers a different perspective on eight original compositions by Ali Hossein featuring a lineup of 15 musicians, playing flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, several saxophones, two trumpets, vocals, guitar, cello, double bass, percussion, and drums. The album is akin to a short novel that each track presents a unique narrative, resembling chapters in this novel and tells a distinct story. whole project is inspired by different music styles, ranging from chamber music to electronic music and ofcourse incorporates improvisational elements drawn from Jazz music .
Credits:
- Compositions, Productions, Recording & Keys: Ali Hossein
- Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone: Ilse Riedler
- Clarinet & Bass clarinet: Franz Oberthaler
- Trumpet: Markus Pechmann
- Trumpet: Kaya Meller
- Alto Saxophone: Thomas Nothbauer
- Tenor Saxophone: Sara Hoffer
- Tenor Saxophone: Michael Marginter
- Vocals: Aigin Afrasiabi
- Guitar: Shervin Najafian
- Flute: Anna Keller
- Cello: Salar Ghaffarbejouei
- Drums: Matti Felbar
- Double Bass: David Dolliner
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Cover Photo: Hossein Bosaki
- Cover Design: Negiin Beigii
/bist o haft/ بیست و هفت
Means the number 'Twenty seven' in persian , and it is also Ali Hossein's Favorite number, thus, he named the album accordingly beacuse it was released at this age of his. To him, this album encapsulates a selection of important ideas he has had in composition up to age 27.
15
April
2023
Debut Album " Pyotr Ilyich "
This Album takes you on a journey through emotive melodies of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ali Hossein has written a Homage which is a fusion of romantic music with innovative harmonisation and jazz improvisations , set within a lineup rarely explored in the jazz genre.
- Afrovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55: III. 1875
- String Quartet No. 3: in B-Flat Minor, Op. 30, TH 113: I. 1876
- Capriccio Italien: Op. 45,, TH 47: 1880.
- Bossanovsky: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: I.
- Do Dièse Mineur: Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, TH 117: II. Variation 9. Between December 1881 and late January 1882
Credits:
- Compositions, Productions, Recording & Piano: Ali Hossein
- Tenor & Soprano Saxophone: Michael Marginter
- Vibrophone: Tobias Meissl
- Double Bass: David Dolliner
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Mohammad Shakeri
Story Behind The Artwork
Since the entire Project was profoundly influenced by Tchaikovsky ,we aimed for cover art to visually echo this connection. However deciding for the most fitting representation proved to be a challenge , we searched for Tchaikovskys favorite painting ,seeking inspiration from his personal tastes. thats when we stumbeled upon a painting in the Tchaikovsky Museum , an artwork titeled " Melancolie" by Anna Fernow , that according to some papers and researches was painted and inspired by tchaikovskys music and was sent to him by a mutal firends , there so manay interesting infromation about his idea about the painting and relation ship with the artist and fernow familly and that he believed that there is bittersweetness in the melancholy emotion.but ever-since he hanged that painting on the wall in his living room . this discovery became the cornerstone of the project ,symbolizing a harmonious blend of past and future , jazz and classical and melancholy and perhaps , elements beyond .
12
JUL
2024
Psahzz | Single
" Viennese Winds "
Credits:
- Composition, Production, Recording & keys: Ali Hossein
- Vocals: Aigin Afrasiabi
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Pál Balog
30
OCT
2023
Psahzz | Single
" The Brushing Clouds "
Credits:
- Composition, Production & Keys: Ali Hossein
- Lyrics & Vocals: Aigin Afrasiabi
- Double Bass: Georg Schmelzer-Ziringer
- Recording: Bardia Behzadi
- Mixing: Yunes Abdollahpour
- Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Negiin Beigii
17
JUN
2023
Psahzz | Single
" The Birdzz "
Credits:
- Composition, Production, Recording & keys: Ali Hossein
- Vocals: Aigin Afrasiabi
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Mohammad Shakeri
09
JUN
2023
Psahzz | Single
" Glass Of Rhyme "
Credits:
- Composition, Production, Recording & keys: Ali Hossein
- Lyrics & Vocals: Aigin Afrasiabi
- Trumpet: Markus Pechmann
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Mixing & Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Mohammad Shakeri
15
JUL
2022
Psahzz ft. Lizzie Thomas | Single
" Moons and Julys "
Speaking a common language, from three different continents; Asia, Europe and America ( when the world was in quarantine.)
Credits :
- Composition, Production & Piano: Ali Hossein
- Lyrics & Vocals: Lizzie Thomas
- Trumpet: Markus Pechmann
- Double Bass: Georg Schmelzer-Ziringer
- Drums & Percussion: Baferooni
- Recording: Bardia Behzadi
- Mixing: Yunes Abdollahpour
- Mastering: Mehrdad Baloochian
- Artwork: Negiin Beigii
A fantasy cartoon depiction of the musicians.
by Negiin Beigii
17
MAR
2021
Psahzz | Single
" Yellow And Grown "
' We cannot always remember what we have encountered in our dreams, but this is the sound of a vivid dream. '
This tune has been recorded live in one take, including a significant portion of improvisation and then sound design has been added.
Credits :
- Composition, Production & Keys: Ali Hossein
- Percussion: Baferooni
- Recording: Bardia Behzadi
- Mixing & Mastering: Yunes Abdollahpour
- Artwork: Negiin Beigii
Cover Art Inspired by
"I shall plant my hands in the garden
And I will grow I know, I know, I know
And between my inky Fingers The swallow
will lay its eggs."
"Another Birth " Poem by Forugh Farrokhzad
