Person
Vagif Mustafazadeh
The inventor of jazz-mugham, joining piano improvisation to the modes of mugham.
Go to the site
vaqif-mustafazade.tut.az
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In brief
Vagif Mustafazadeh was the central figure of Baku jazz in the 1960s–70s. He brought mugham modes into jazz improvisation, and the fusion grew into a school of its own.
He died on stage at thirty-nine. His daughter Aziza Mustafa Zadeh carries on the language he began.
On the site
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01
Jazz-mugham
How it sounds and what it is made of
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02
Recordings
Albums and concert tapes
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Baku jazz
Clubs, festivals, names
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04
Continuation
Aziza and the next generation
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