Vagif Mustafazadeh

Vagif Aziz oghlu Mustafazadeh was born in 1940 in Icharishahar. His creativity brought new ideas to our national music and became an integral part of our jazz music thinking and life. First teacher of Vagif, who began to play piano from the age of 3, was his mother Zivar khanum Aliyeva. He was one of the first pianists of Azerbaijan.
In the renewed artistic-aesthetic style of the 60s, experiments of young Vagif related to the synthesis of jazz with mugham began to draw attention. The phenomenon Vagif Mustafazadeh, his historical importance as the founder of jazz-mugham style, theoretical bases, creativity in the development of world jazz arts, as well as jazz music were consistently investigated and emphasized in the book published by the publishing house “Light” in 1986.
When speaking about the heritage of Vagif Mustafazadeh, his diverse talent should be highlighted. Original jazz pianist, composer and arranger were united in him – each existing as a separate and independent art.
Vagif Mustafazadeh, who left up to 1300 works, was the winner of numerous jazz festivals and competitions.
Vagif Mustafazadeh, who is considered as the founder of Azerbaijani jazz music, died during a concert while on tour in Tashkent in 1979.