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Always (Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Album)
''Always'' is the second album released by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. It was released in 1993. Music "Vagif" is dedicated to the memory of Zadeh's father, the famous Azeri jazz musician and the founder of jazz-''mugam'', Vagif Mustafazadeh. "Crying Earth" is a dedication to all who died in the Khojaly Massacre on 25 February 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Track listing # "Always" – 4:39 # "Heartbeat" – 7:37 # "Crying Earth" – 6:29 # "A.J.D." – 6:19 # "Yandi Ganim Daha" – 7:30 # "I Don't Know" – 4:59 # "Vagif" – 6:02 # "Marriage Suite" – 5:49 # "Insult" – 4:07 # "Kaukas Mountains" – 4:53 # "Dangerous Piece" – 5:24 Personnel * Aziza Mustafa Zadeh – piano, vocals * John Patitucci – acoustic bass, 6-string electric bass guitar * Dave Weckl Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh ( az, Əzizə Mustafazadə; born December 19, 1969) is an Azerbaijani singer, pianist, and composer who plays a fusion of jazz and mugham (a traditional improvisational style of Azerbaijan) with classical and avant-garde influences. Biography Aziza was born in Baku to musical parents Vagif and Elza Mustafa Zadeh (née Bandzeladze). Aziza's parents first noticed their daughter's sensitivity to music when she was eight months old. Aziza recalls the story as her mother tells it: Aziza enjoyed all forms of art, especially dancing, painting and singing. At the age of three, she made her stage debut with her father, improvising vocals. She began studying classical piano at an early age, showing special interest in the works of famous composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. Soon thereafter, she showed a growing talent for improvisation. On December 16, 1979, Aziza's father died of a severe heart attack in Tashkent at the age of 39. In order to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagif Mustafazadeh
Vagif Mustafazadeh ( az, 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,Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world Mustafazadeh is one of the pioneers and "the architect of jazz in Azerbaijan". Early life Mustafazadeh was born in Old City, the historic core of Baku, on March 16, 1940. His name was chosen by the renowned poet, Samed Vurgun, on the request of his mother, who was a piano teacher in local music school and played very influential and immeasurable role in his success. In 1963, he graduated from Baku State Musical School named after Asaf Zeynally and a year later accepted to Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. He first achieved fame at the Music School where he studied by giving concerts there, later on performing at the parties and ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh Albums
Aziza or Azizah may refer to: __NOTOC__ Given name Aziza * Aziza Abdel-Halim, chairwoman of the Muslim Women's National Network Australia * Aziza Brahim (born 1976), Sahrawi singer * Aziza Jafarzadeh (1921–2003), Azerbaijani writer * Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (born 1969), Azerbaijani musician * Azize Tanrıkulu (born 1986), Turkish martial artist * Aziza Abdelfattah (born 1990), Egyptian synchronized swimmer * Aziza Sleyum Ally, Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania * Aziza Ali, Singaporean former chef, food consultant, businessperson, artist, jeweller, and author * Aziza Hussein, Paralympian athlete from Egypt * Aziza Sbaity (born 1991), Lebanese sprinter Azizah * Azizah Y. al-Hibri, American philosopher and academic * Azizah Mohd Dun (born 1960), Sabah's State Minister for Community Development and Consumer Affairs * Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum (born 1945), Yemeni novelist and writer * Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah (born 1960), current Queen Consort of Malaysia * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Albums
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Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2000. Biography Weckl started playing his first set of drums at age 8 in his spare room along to records. He later played in the living room, sometimes with his father on piano. Weckl studied at the University of Bridgeport. Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon began working with artists such as Paul Simon, George Benson, Michel Camilo, Robert Plant, and Anthony Jackson. He was with the Chick Corea Elektric Band from 1985 to 1991. During this time he performed on many albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band. He said he "augmented his work with Corea by continuing his session work and appearing often with the GRP All-Star Big Band". Weckl has released a series of instructional videotapes. His first recording as leader was in 1990 – '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R&B songs on the radio and on his grandfather's jazz records. He cites as influences Oscar Peterson's albums with Ray Brown and Wes Montgomery's with Ron Carter. For the development of rhythm, he points to the time he has spent with Danilo Pérez, a pianist from Panama. In the late 1970s he studied acoustic bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University. He began his professional career when he moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and made connections with Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, and Tom Scott. From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s he was a member of three Chick Corea groups: the Elektric Band, the Akoustic Band, and the quartet. As a leader he formed a trio with Joey Calderazzo and Peter Erskine, and a quartet with Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. As the war progressed, Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet Republics, entangled themselves in protracted, undeclared mountain warfare in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The enclave's parliament had voted in favor of uniting with Armenia and a referendum, boycotted by the Azerbaijani population of Nagorno-Karabakh, was held, in which a majority voted in favor of independence. The demand to unify with Armenia began in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988; in the following months, as the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani People
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numerous ethnic group among the Turkic-speaking peoples after Turkish people and are predominantly Shia Muslims. They comprise the largest ethnic group in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the second-largest ethnic group in neighboring Iran and Georgia. They speak the Azerbaijani language, belonging to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages and carry a mixed heritage of Caucasian, "The Albanians in the eastern plain leading down to the Caspian Sea mixed with the Turkish population and eventually became Muslims." "...while the eastern Transcaucasian countryside was home to a very large Turkic-speaking Muslim population. The Russians referred to them as Tartars, but we now consider them Azerbaijanis, a distinct people with their own language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Of Fire
''Dance of Fire'' is the third album released by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. It was released in 1995. Recording and Music The album was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York during January and February 1995. It was produced by Reinhard Karwatky. The material "combines be-bop-derived jazz with elements fAzerbaijan folk music and Mugham." All of the music was composed and arranged by Zadeh. The collection of songs on ''Dance of Fire'' sound both Middle-Eastern and Western. Reception The AllMusic reviewer wrote that the pianist's "playing is graceful and fluid, eclipsing her super-star backup musicians." The reviewer for ''BBC Music Magazine'' commented: "here is a new slant on the jazz vocal, just when you thought everything had been said on the subject". Track listing # "Boomerang" – 4:24 # "Dance of Fire" – 6:02 # "Sheherezadeh" – 2:52 # "Aspiration" – 2:23 # "Bana Bana Gel (Bad Girl)" – 12:32 # "Shadow" – 5:54 # "Carnival" – 7:29 # "Passion" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
