We open the week with selections from a classic Nina Simone and piano album, followed by new music from bassist Richard Bona, and conclude with a J. Period, Michael Jackson Tribute Mixtape.

All hail King Solomon Burke. Let’s fellowship with The Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa. We conclude with interpretations of two Herbie Hancock compositions: "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" (featuring Herbie Hancock, Quncy Jones, Howard Johnson & Gravity, Eve Cornelious, Jay Lawrence, Philip Bailey, SfJazz Collective, Marian McPartland, Slow Motion Replay and John Beasley); "Chan’s Song" (featuring Egene Maslov, John Beasley, FRancesco Cafso & Cinzia Romcelli, Bobby Hutcherson, and Herbie Hancock & Bobby McFerrin).

We start the week off by introducing nine apartheid-era South African jazz aggregations. We consider the early arrival of Janelle Monae and the recent departure of Abbey Lincoln. We close with the duo of Damian Marley and Nas, a combination called Distant Relatives.

We start off with the one and only Mr. Ray Charles singing standards. Next up is Netherlands newcomer Alain Clark with some Dutch soul. And we close out with 14 versions of Diz’s "Con Alma"—and get to this: five of the widely varying versions are by Dizzy Gillespie himself. Salud!

We blast off with the duo of Eric Dolphy & John Coltrane. From cross the water English/Bengali pianist Zoe Rahman offers us bracing jazz. And we close out with nine interpretations of Coltrane’s "Central Park West" featuring John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan, Matt Jorgensen, Jack DeJohnette, Reuben Brown, die vier Tenore (the four Tenors), Odean Pope, Woody Herman, and Pharoah Sanders.