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 Jabbar Garyagdy (1861-1944)- - one of the greatest Azeri folk singers, who significantly contributed to the development of mugam music (mugam - an original improvisational classical folk music popular in Azerbaijan).
Garyagdy began his career of a singer at the age of 13. He travelled a lot throughout the Caucasus, Iran and Central Asia, places where his name quickly became famous. At the age of 20 he took part in the first theater performances organized by another Shushavian Najaf bey Vazirov.
Garyagdy brought a new spirit, new shape and content to mugham.
In 1910-1915, by invitation of the firms "Sport-Record" and "Gramophone", Karyaghdy with famous Karabakh tarist Kurban Primov and kemanchist Sasha Oganezashvili (tar and kemancha -Azeri folk musical instruments) travelled to Warsaw, Riga and Kyiv and recorded several mugam examples. These records with Garyagdy's voice have been preserved till present.
Karyaghdy was also one of the founders of the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire, who taught there for many years. Many famous singers and musicians such as Bul-bul, Seyid Shushinsky, Kurban Pirimov, Sasha Oganezashvili, Zulfugar Adigezalov were the followers of the Garyaghdy school.
One of his disciples, famous singer Seyid Shushinsky, compared Karyaghdy's voice with a powerful torrent from the mountains, carrying away everything on its way. His another famous disciple Bul-bul compared Garyagdy's voice with that of Caruso writing: "Jabbar Garyaghdy has no equals. The range of his voice is two and a half octaves. Jabbar's voice is stronger than that of Caruzo. He can sing mugam for 2-3 hours. He was the first to created an Azeri style of performance of the songs."
Garyagdy also did a lot for the record and preservation of the Azeri folk songs. He collected about 300 folk songs, most of which were taken into notes by composers Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Muslim Magomayev.
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