Five Songs for the Weekend - XXVIII -

A week already passed by and another "International Jazz Day" celebrated all over the world on the 30th of April. Even though I had clearly mentioned that this post series would not be dedicated to a specific genre or style or era, please bear with me only once a year for a full jazz weekend songs list. I read and hear a lot people saying that jazz is dying but in my opinion it really isn't the case if not the opposite. Jazz can never die; it can change its sound, structure, instrumentation and even principles but its philosophy is always there.

As Miles Davis once said;

“It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note –
 it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.”

So here is this week's list;

• Alice Coltrane - "Turiya And Ramakrishna"

• Hugh Masekela - "Stimela"

• Patricia Barber - "Use Me"

• Kokoroko Afrobeat Collective - "Colonial Mentality"

• Aki Rissanen - "Blind Desert"

Hope you have a great weekend.

nb. You can open the actual youtube page by clicking the name on the upper left side of each video.