Yakov Smirnoff | Yakov Smushkevich | Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich | Yakov Yakovlevich Etinger | Yakov Vilner | Yakov Peters | Yakov M. Rabkin | Yakov Malkiel | Yakov Frenkel | Milt Okun | 3925 Tret'yakov |
The jazz acts appearing at the inaugural event in April 2005 included the Joe Zawinul Syndicate, Germany's Christoph Busse Trio and Russia's Yakov Okun Quarter, in a 14 day event that laid tribute to such Azerbaijani jazz predecessors as Rafig Babayev and his Gaya quartet as well as jazz pianist and composer Vagif Mustafa Zadeh.