Background
She currently resides in Mainz, Germany, with her mother, Eliza Mustafa Zadeh, who is also her manager. Aziza was born in Baku to musical parents Vagif and Elza Mustafa Zadeh (née Bandzeladze).
composer pianist singer jazz musician
She currently resides in Mainz, Germany, with her mother, Eliza Mustafa Zadeh, who is also her manager. Aziza was born in Baku to musical parents Vagif and Elza Mustafa Zadeh (née Bandzeladze).
Reviewers have said that her style also shows some influence from Keith Jarrett. She is a vegetarian. She believes in God, though she does not consider herself as belonging to any religion. Elza is a classically trained singer from Georgia.
Aziza"s parents first noticed their daughter"s sensitivity to music when she was eight months old.
Aziza recalls the story as her mother tells it:
Aziza enjoyed all forms of art, especially dancing, painting and singing. At the age of three, she made her stage debut with her father, improvising vocals.
She began studying classical piano at an early age, showing special interest in the works of famous composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. Soon thereafter, she showed a growing talent for improvisation.
On December 16, 1979, Aziza"s father died of a severe heart attack in Tashkent at the age of 39.
lieutenant was around this time that she moved to Germany with her mother. Aziza released her debut album, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, in 1991. She has since performed in many countries with many jazz and traditional luminaries and released several more albums, the most recent being Contrasts II, released in 2007.
Baku Jazz Festival 2007
Aziza visited to Azerbaijan in June 2007 for the Baku Jazz Festival, starring in her own concert at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and headlining the end-of-festival concert at the open-air Green Theater.
Here she presented a remarkable rendition of "Shamans", involving harmonising with her own echo.