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Vagif Mustafazadeh

1940 - 1979

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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, Mustafazadeh is one of the pioneers and "the architect of jazz in Azerbaijan". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vagif Mustafazadeh is the 674th most popular musician (down from 618th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 51st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Azerbaijani Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 674 out of 3,175. Before him are Bill Bruford, Tico Torres, Rick Wakeman, Gerd Albrecht, Tony Banks, and Tom Fogerty. After him are Verivery, Rick Davies, Mitch Mitchell, Rubén González, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Eric Singer.

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Among people born in 1940, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 193. Before him are Leonard Susskind, Luis Cubilla, Kipchoge Keino, Mirko Jozić, Wayne Dyer, and Vito Acconci. After him are Craig Brown, Stephen Kovacevich, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Franz Müntefering, Roger Pingeon, and Ali Saibou. Among people deceased in 1979, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 97. Before him are Teruo Nakamura, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Morteza Motahhari, Léonide Massine, José Della Torre, and Gio Ponti. After him are Ethel Smith, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Ján Kadár, José María Velasco Ibarra, and Merle Oberon.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 47 out of 232. Before him are Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906), Hovannes Adamian (1879), Novruz Mammadov (1947), Tadj ol-Molouk (1896), Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1838), and Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946). After him are Vsevolod Merkulov (1895), Vladimir Dekanozov (1898), Shovkat Alakbarova (1922), Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855), Samad Vurgun (1906), and Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869).

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Among MUSICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among musicians born in Azerbaijan, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 2. Before him are Mstislav Rostropovich (1927). After him are Bella Davidovich (1928), Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (1969), Veronika Dudarova (1916), and Jovdat Hajiyev (1917).

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