Vagif Mustafa Zadeh

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. Read more on Last.fm