PRINCE WEEK with a little help from Chaka Khan, Stephanie Mills, Joy Denalane, Etta James and Jimmy Scott. Plus C. Leigh McInnis joins us with commentary. All the Prince your heart can stand. N-Joy!

From the classic blues of Bobby Bland to the contemporary blues of Prince, this week we’re going beneath the surface. And to wrap it up, how’s about eight versions of "Stand By Me" featuring Ben E. King, Mavis Staples, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Violionaires, Ike & Tina Turner, Bunny Rugs, Hank Crawford and Aaron Neville

Oh, what a week we have. We start off with a question: who (or what) is Al Green‘s "Belle"? Then, how do you like your Ray Charles: straight or with artificial sweeteners? (Check it out before you answer.) And finally, what do The Impressions, Joe Bataan, Chris Kenner, Pete Rodríguez, The Blackout All-Stars and Johnny Colón have in common? Boogaloo, you fooooollllll!

This week we kick up our heels to six versions (Eddie Harris, Don Ellis, Miroslav Vitous, Miles Davis, Harold McKinney and Eddie Jefferson) of the Harris composition "Freedom Jazz Dance." Then we head down under to take in some New Zealand soul featuring Adeaze, Chong-Nee, Dallas Tamaira and Hollie Smith. and we conclude with a taste of Latin jazz from Dizzy Gillespie and Joe Cuba.

"The Creator Has A Master Plan" is a jazz classic that also became a club hit. This week on BoL we feature the Pharoah Sanders classic along with versions by co-composer Leon Thomas and acid jazz band, Brooklyn Funk Essentials. The Chocolate Genius, Marc Anthony Thompson, offers five brutally honest songs and blues crooner Bobby Blue Bland gets covered by reggae songster Al Brown.