This anthology of Azeri music, played in Azerbaijan and in the Azerbaijan province of Iran, presents a rich musical tradition featuring various traditional instruments, including the tar, a long-necked fretted lute, played by Bahram Mansurov (1911-1985) (A1, A2); Arzan Dadashev playing ud (arabic lute) (A3); the vocals of Khan Shushinsky (1901-1979) accompanied by an orchestra (B1), the kamanje (or kamanche), an Iranian bowed string instrument, played by Abil Aliyev (1927-2015) (B2); Amrah Gyalma singing and playing the saz (a long fretted lute) (B3) in the Ashug, or Ashiq, traveling bard trad