The art of the singer was admired by Uzeir Hajibeyov and Fedor Shalyapin, Sergei Yesenin and Bulbul, Reingold Glier.

In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Karjagdy is called the biggest khanende, an expert in Azerbaijani folk music.

According to an urban legend, Jabbar's father Meshadi Ismayil was an extremely reserved and taciturn man and as a result, would often be asked in an idiomatic way, common to Azeri: "Why are you so gloomy?

His older brother, an amateur folk singer, played an important role in young Jabbar's passion for music.

Until age 20, he performed primarily in his native Karabakh, but soon he became famous in other parts of the South Caucasus, and later would make tours to Iran and Central Asia.

Uzeyir Hajibeyov, who at that time was thirteen years old, watched with great excitement the game of Jabbar Karjagdyoglu.

In 1901, Garyagdioglu moved to the oil-booming Baku that at the time was rapidly becoming an important social and cultural city of the region.

Together with Uzeyir Hajibeyov and other prominent musicians he founded a club in the Baku suburb of Balakhany and would give charity concerts to support the poor.

The singer stood at the origins of the creation of the national conservatory and played an important role in the formation of new cadres.

Jabbar Karjagdyoglu was a supporter of the transposition of mugams to notes and in this work assisted the composer Fikret Amirov.

The singer for a long time was the soloist of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic named after Muslim Magomayev.

Gurban Pirimov accompanies him on the tare, on the kemanche - Gulman Salakhov In 1939, three Tesniffa ("Leili", "Shirin" and "Sarandj Tesnifi") were recorded on the verses of Nizami Ganjavi from the voice of Jabbar Karyagdy Kara Karaev.

At the age of seventy-two he sang one of the most difficult parts of mugam "Uzzal", accompanied by tar player Gurban Pirimov.