"Shout Bamalama" with the Big "O"—Otis Redding, hang with the Mali-cool of Mamou Sidibé and Rokia Traore, and check out 12 shades of Monk’s majestic composition "Round Midnight" featuring Thelonious Monk, Gotan Project with Chet Baker, Joana Machado, Pharoah Sanders, Chaka Khan, GRP All-Star Big Band, Marlena Shaw, Ravi Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Jacintha, Gene Ammons and Les Nubians. A week of widely divergent albeit wondrous music.

This week we feature over five hours of music featuring the acid jazz stylings of Incognito, the blues of Otis Taylor and five interpretations of "Reflections" featuring Adrian Iaies, Dianne Reeves, Thelonious Monk, Archie Shepp and Carmen McRae.

This week we focus on three male vocalists: blues king B.B. King, innovative neo-blues banjoist Otis Taylor, and Welsh jazz singer Ian Shaw. If you enjoy singing, you bound to get a thrill out of some of this.

Who’s the king? Shut up, it’s Little Richard! From South Africa some avant garde jazz via Carlo Mombelli & The Prisoners Of Strange. And we round out the week with a Michael Jackson Tribute Mixtape featuring Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, Sandra de Sa, Jazz Jamaica, Will Downing, Monday Michiru, Leon Ware, Inspiration, Victor Brooks, Kevin Mahogany, Boyz II Men, and Floetry.