MUSICIAN

Vagif Mustafazadeh

1940 - 1979

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Vagif Mustafazadeh (Azerbaijani: 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vagif Mustafazadeh has received more than 83,637 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Vagif Mustafazadeh is the 618th most popular musician (up from 627th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Azerbaijani Musician.

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  • 84k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 618 out of 3,175. Before him are Myung-whun Chung, Eliso Virsaladze, Tom Araya, Artie Shaw, Jelly Roll Morton, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. After him are Napoleon Orda, Paul Tortelier, Hillel Slovak, Zequinha de Abreu, Steve Howe, and Bob Sinclar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 178. Before him are Natalia Makarova, Stephen Kovacevich, Nicola Di Bari, Jair da Costa, Tony Sheridan, and Anthony Fauci. After him are Macha Méril, Jill St. John, Vito Acconci, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Georgi Ivanov, and Anna Chromý. Among people deceased in 1979, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 93. Before him are Philippe Halsman, Santos Urdinarán, Larisa Shepitko, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Morteza Motahhari, and Ferenc Nagy. After him are José María Velasco Ibarra, Joseph Alcazar, Léonide Massine, David Butler, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, and Agop Dilâçar.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 51 out of 232. Before him are Vladimir Menshov (1939), Hazi Aslanov (1910), Shovkat Alakbarova (1922), Samad bey Mehmandarov (1855), Kerim Kerimov (1917), and Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946). After him are Leyla Mammadbeyova (1909), Samad Vurgun (1906), Azim Azimzade (1880), Novruz Mammadov (1947), Ahmad Javad (1892), and Vsevolod Merkulov (1895).

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Among MUSICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among musicians born in Azerbaijan, Vagif Mustafazadeh ranks 2. Before him are Mstislav Rostropovich (1927). After him are Bella Davidovich (1928), Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (1969), Veronika Dudarova (1916), and Jovdat Hajiyev (1917).

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