Vagif Mustafazadeh Vaqif Mustafazadə | |
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Background information | |
Born | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR | March 16, 1940
Died | December 16, 1979 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR | (aged 39)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
Instrument | Piano |
Years active | 13 years |
Website | www.vagif.musigi-dunya.az |
Vagif Mustafazadeh (Azerbaijani: Vaqif Mustafazadə; March 16, 1940 – December 16, 1979), also known as Vaqif Mustafa-Zadeh, was a Soviet-Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, acclaimed for fusing jazz and the traditional Azerbaijani folk music known as mugham. According to many world famous jazz musicians,[1][2][3][4][5] Mustafazadeh is one of the pioneers and "the architect of jazz in Azerbaijan".[2]