Always (Aziza Mustafa Zadeh album)

Always
Studio album by Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
Released	1993
Genre	Jazz/mugam fusion
Length	63:48 [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. For it, she won the Echo Prize from Sony and the Phono Academy Award.

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

Dedications

"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 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Musicians

• Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - grand piano and vocals
• John Patitucci - acoustic bass and 6-string electric bass guitars
• Dave Weckl - drums

References