A week highlighting vocalists—we start with ten interpretations of Duke Ellington’s classic song, "Come Sunday" featuring Mahalia Jackson, Ray Nance, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ellis Marsalis, Gladys Knight, Dizzy Gillespie, Esquizito, World Saxophone Quartet, Joe Zawinul and Sabine Kabongo, and Les Nubians. We wrap it up with new music from Rene Marie and classic covers from Aaron Neville. The sweet sound of the human voice.

Ole. John Coltrane. Plus Gil Scott-Heron and Jose James—celebrating Trane’s birthday. Shelley Nicole, Red Summer, Kandi Cole, Toshi Reagon and Hanifah Walidah gift us with a healthy helping of woman-centered music. Brazil’s jazz diva Tania Maria wraps up an exciting week of innovative music.

BoL is having serious techinical problems with our host server. It’s been buggy all week and now it won’t let me post music and photos. Hope to have everything solved within the next 24 to 36 hours. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do to speed up the repairs. Bear with us. Will email you once we’re operational. Meanwhile, we’ll keep last week’s posting active. —Kalamu

The end of one is the beginning of another. BoL co-founder Mtume Salaam posts his last regular columns, featuring Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, John Coltrane, Jose James and a 3 year retrospective of contemporary artists posted on BoL. A new regular feature on BoL will be weekly mixtape downloads rather than only individual tracks. Don’t cry. Be Happy. We celebrate transitions—it’s a New Orleans thing!

A jazz week: John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders take us to Africa. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko gives us heartfelt and engaging music. Adelaide Hall, Oliver Nelson, Ellis Marsalis, Esquizito and Rahsaan Roland Kirk interpret Duke’s "Creole Love Call." Collectively these artists cover the gamut of jazz styles.

International week: Joe Zawinul from Austria, Sexto Sentido from Cuba and 14 versions of the Juan Tizol (Puerto Rico) and Duke Ellington composition featuring: Duke Ellington Orchestra, Tessa Souter, Chucho Valdez, Andy Bey, Martial Solal, Duke with Charlie Mingus & Max Roach, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ray Barretto, Rene Marie, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Dizzy Gillespie and Mark de Clive-Lowe. What a wonderful trip.