Jazz Articles about Vagif Mustafa Zadeh

Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh: Azerbaijan's Jazz Pioneer

by Mehman N Mamedov
March 16, 2025

March 16, 2025, would mark the 85th birthday of one of the most outstanding jazz composers and performers, Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh. He can be considered a pioneer of ethno-jazz in the Soviet Union and, on a global scale, a unique and virtuoso jazz performer and composer who fused ancient Eastern musical traditions with Western music. First steps in music Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh was born on March 16, 1940 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. His father, a military doctor, originally ...