''Shamans'' is the seventh album by the

Azeri Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic people living mainly in Azerbaijan (Iran), northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republi ...

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 ...

artist

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 in ...

, released in 2002. In the

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, Zadeh left a comment about each song. The artwork contains a number of paintings by her. Around 2,000,000 copies of this album were sold worldwide.

Track listing

# "Holiday Blessings" – 4:30 #:''Life is the greatest gift of God'' # "Ladies Of Azerbaijan" – 5:00 #:''...are gentle but proud'' # "UV" ''(Unutma Vijdani)'' – 5:48 #:''About conscience'' # "Sweet Sadness" – 4:59 #:''For loving hearts'' # "M25" – 2:58 #:''...is the largest car park in the world'' # "Ayrilik" – 4:56 #:''Dedicated to the memory of the beautiful Turkish singer,

Zeki Müren Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of the Ottoman classical music, Turkish cla ...

'' # "Fire Worship" – 4:34 #:''Fire as the symbol of life'' # "Shamans" – 9:10 #:''...are very special people, gifted by God... they can see who you are, and heal you in many ways'' # "Strange Mood" – 5:26 #:''Dedicated to the genius of

Vagif Mustafa Zadeh 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 ...

'' # "Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim" – 4:13 #:''My favourite Turkish song'' # "Endless Power" – 3:43 #:''...of Vagif's spirit that has tremendous influence on me'' # "Melancholic Princess" – 4:20 #:''Waiting for the prince of her life...'' # "Bach-Zadeh" – 2:56 #:''Bach is my first classical composer. As Vagif said, "great jazzman"'' # "Portrait Of Chopin" – 5:36 #:''My first romantic composer. Like my father, he was only thirty-nine when he died.''

Notes

* "UV" lyrics inspired by Aliagha Vahid * "Ayrilik" lyrics written by Hodjaty Nariman * "Uzun Ince bir Yoldayim" is a Turkish folk music song written by

Aşık Veysel Aşık is Turkish for Ashik, a traditional musician and troubadour Aşık is a Turkish name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Aşık Çelebi (1520–1572), Ottoman biographer, poet, and translator * Âşık İbretî (1920–1976) ...

* "Bach-Zadeh" and "Portrait of Chopin" inspired by

J.S. Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suite ...

and Chopin * Cricket in "Shamans": Jo 2002 albums Aziza Mustafa Zadeh albums {{2000s-jazz-album-stub