Vaqif Mustafazadə

Biografía del artista Vaqif Mustafazadə

Vagif Mustafazadeh Azerbaijani Vaqif Mustafazadə Russian Вагиф Мустафазаде Was A Soviet Azeri Jazz Pianist And Composer Famous For Fusing Jazz And Traditional Azeri Folk Music Known As Mugam.
Azerbaijan Fell Under Control Of The Soviets In 1920 20 Years Before Vagif Was Born. Five Years After His Birth And After World War II Stalin Said That Jazz Was "the Music Of Capitalists" And Had It Banned Throughout The Entire Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler Had Done The Same In Germany In 1933 Stating That It Was "the Music Of The Blacks". Even Music Played On The Saxophone Was Outlawed. The Young Vagif However Apparently Cared Little For The Soviets And Their Bans. As A Child He Would Listen To Jazz On BBC Broadcasts And Sing Meykhana Rhythmic Poetry Which Had Also Been Banned With Friends. After Listening On The Radio He And His Friend Vagif Samadoglu Would Attempt To Recreate The Music On The Piano.
After Stalin's Death In 1953 The Ban On Jazz Was Gradually Lifted. Gradually However Is A Key Word. Even In 1957 Vagif Was Unable To Play Jazz Compositions In Concert. As Such He Resorted To Playing Privately For Friends Or In Clubs. He Had An Intense Passion For Improvisational Jazz But Found Something Lacking. Eventually He Began To Fuse Jazz With Traditional Azeri Music Mugam.
By The Early 1960s People Were Finally Becoming More Comfortable With Jazz And Vagif Had Started To Gain A Reputation Even Outside Of Azerbaijan As A Great Jazz Musician. In 1966 Willis Conover Conductor Of The "Jazz Time" Radio Program Even Went As Far As To Say "Vagif Mustafazadeh Is An Extraordinary Pianist. It Is Impossible To Identify His Equal. He Is The Most Lyrical Pianist I Have Ever Known."
Vagif Attended Baku State Musical Technical School From Which He Graduated In 1963 Ten Years After The Soviet Ban On Jazz Was Lifted After Having Been In Effect For Almost A Decade. He Won First Prize At The 8th International Competition Of Jazz Composers For His Composition "Waiting For Aziza" In Monaco In 1978 But Died The Next Year.

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Tags de musica para Vaqif Mustafazadə:

Jazz

Azeri Jazz

Azerbaijan

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Mugham

Biography - Vaqif Mustafazadə

Vagif Mustafazadeh Azerbaijani Vaqif Mustafazadə Russian Вагиф Мустафазаде Was A Soviet Azeri Jazz Pianist And Composer Famous For Fusing Jazz And Traditional Azeri Folk Music Known As Mugam.
Azerbaijan Fell Under Control Of The Soviets In 1920 20 Years Before Vagif Was Born. Five Years After His Birth And After World War II Stalin Said That Jazz Was "the Music Of Capitalists" And Had It Banned Throughout The Entire Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler Had Done The Same In Germany In 1933 Stating That It Was "the Music Of The Blacks". Even Music Played On The Saxophone Was Outlawed. The Young Vagif However Apparently Cared Little For The Soviets And Their Bans. As A Child He Would Listen To Jazz On BBC Broadcasts And Sing Meykhana Rhythmic Poetry Which Had Also Been Banned With Friends. After Listening On The Radio He And His Friend Vagif Samadoglu Would Attempt To Recreate The Music On The Piano.
After Stalin's Death In 1953 The Ban On Jazz Was Gradually Lifted. Gradually However Is A Key Word. Even In 1957 Vagif Was Unable To Play Jazz Compositions In Concert. As Such He Resorted To Playing Privately For Friends Or In Clubs. He Had An Intense Passion For Improvisational Jazz But Found Something Lacking. Eventually He Began To Fuse Jazz With Traditional Azeri Music Mugam.
By The Early 1960s People Were Finally Becoming More Comfortable With Jazz And Vagif Had Started To Gain A Reputation Even Outside Of Azerbaijan As A Great Jazz Musician. In 1966 Willis Conover Conductor Of The "Jazz Time" Radio Program Even Went As Far As To Say "Vagif Mustafazadeh Is An Extraordinary Pianist. It Is Impossible To Identify His Equal. He Is The Most Lyrical Pianist I Have Ever Known."
Vagif Attended Baku State Musical Technical School From Which He Graduated In 1963 Ten Years After The Soviet Ban On Jazz Was Lifted After Having Been In Effect For Almost A Decade. He Won First Prize At The 8th International Competition Of Jazz Composers For His Composition "Waiting For Aziza" In Monaco In 1978 But Died The Next Year. read less

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