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Aziza Mustafa Zadeh {Əzizə Mustafazadə} was born on 19th December 1969 in Baku, Azerbaijan. She is a pianist, vocalist and composer who plays a fusion of jazz, classical, and mugham (a traditional improvisational style of Azerbaijan). Zadeh began to sing at age of three and studied classical piano from an early age. She made her debut on stage with her father, Vagif Mustafa Zadeh, a famous pioneer of mugham-jazz fusion. Her first, self-titled album was released in 1991, followed by Aziza in 1993. In 1994, she won the Phono Academy Prize, a prestigious German jazz award, for her second album,...

Vagif Mustafa Zadeh was an Azerbaijani jazz pianist and composer, famous for fusing jazz and traditional Azeri folk music known as mugam. (His daughter Aziza Mustafa Zadeh now follows in his footsteps as a pianist, composer and singer in the jazz-mugam style.) He was born March 16, 1940 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and died of a heart-attack after a concert on December 17, 1979 in Tashkent, shortly before the birthdays of his wife Eliza (December 17) and daughter (December 19). Azerbaijan fell under control of the Soviets in 1920, 20 years before Vagif was born. Five years after...

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MIRZADEH (Finland) released the demos 'First Demon' in December of 2000, 'Profetia' in 2001 and 'Sweet Souls Of Shadows' during 2002. The group had been founded in 2000 by vocalist / guitarist Mirox, keyboard player Exitus and drummer Fafner. Guitarist Jani was added for recording of the opening 'First Demon' sessions, for which Mirox contributed bass guitar. MIRZADEH would have the bass position covered by mid 2001 though when Lues was enrolled. Following recording of 'Profetia' Jani opted out and Shagul of DARKSIDE repute stepped in as replacement for the 'Sweet Souls Of Shadows' recordings. MIRZADEH personnel guitarist Shagul, bassist...