Nizami Ganjavi
The 12th-century poet behind the Khamsa — born in Ganja and buried there.
nizami-gencevi.tut.az
Person
Vagif Mustafazadeh
The inventor of jazz-mugham, joining piano improvisation to the modes of mugham.
Go to the sitevaqif-mustafazade.tut.azA separate third-level domain with its own design
in progress
How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
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
- 01Jazz-mughamHow it sounds and what it is made of
- 02RecordingsAlbums and concert tapes
- 03Baku jazzClubs, festivals, names
- 04ContinuationAziza and the next generation
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Uzeyir Hajibeyli
Composer of the first opera in the Muslim East and founder of Azerbaijani classical music.
uzeyir-hacibeyli.tut.az
Muslim Magomayev
The Baku baritone who became the voice of several generations — from opera to pop.
muslum-maqomayev.tut.az