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Vagif Mustafa Zadeh

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Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh - jazz composer and pianist, is among those rare musicians who could play and perform in any manner. Vagif attracts listeners by his originality, superb technique and harmonies all his own. Besides writing a number of his own jazz compositions and arrangements, Mustafa-Zadeh composed Concert for Piano and Orchestra being a great success. At the International Jazz Compositions Competition in Monaco 1978 V. Mustafa-Zadeh won the First Prize for the piece "Expecting Aziza".

Vagif Mustafa Zadeh was the art director of jazz-trio "Kaukas", "Leyli", "Sevil", "Mugam" jazz ensemble

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Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh: Azerbaijan's Jazz Pioneer

Read "Vagif Mustafa-Zadeh:  Azerbaijan's Jazz Pioneer" reviewed by Mehman N Mamedov


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.

Album

VOA Jazz Hour

Label: Azerbaijan-American Foundation
Released: 2020

Album

Vagif Mustafa Zadeh Live

Label: Jazziza Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Blues; Blue Daniel; Expromt; Caspian Sea; Summer In Baku; The Man I Love; Take A-Train.

Album

Hands Over Hands

Label: Azerbaijan International
Released: 2004

Album

Aspiration

Label: East Wind Records
Released: 1985
Track listing: Persistance; Aspiration; In The Garden; Dark Eyebrows; The Hottest Day In Baku; Concert Nr 2; Autumn Leaves; Bemscha Swing.

Album

Sevil

Label: Melodiya
Released: 1978

Album

One Day In Kiev

Label: Melodiya
Released: 1978


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