Always (Aziza Mustafa Zadeh album)

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Always
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Studio album by
Released1993
Genre Jazz/ mugam fusion
Length63:48 [1]
Label Columbia
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh chronology
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
(1991)
Always
(1993)
Dance of Fire
(1995)

Always is the second album released by the Azeri jazz artist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh. It was released in 1993. [2]

Contents

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. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Always" – 4:39
  2. "Heartbeat" – 7:37
  3. "Crying Earth" – 6:29
  4. "A.J.D." – 6:19
  5. "Yandi Ganim Daha" – 7:30
  6. "I Don't Know" – 4:59
  7. "Vagif" – 6:02
  8. "Marriage Suite" – 5:49
  9. "Insult" – 4:07
  10. "Kaukas Mountains" – 4:53
  11. "Dangerous Piece" – 5:24

Personnel

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References

  1. "Always – Aziza Mustafa Zadeh". amazon.de. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Aziza Mustafa Zadeh: Jazz, Mugam and Other Essentials of My Life". azer.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. "Aziza Mustafa Zadeh – Always". discogs.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.