Four hours of music—it will probably take you a whole month to digest this week’s music. Classics from Thelonious Monk. Spanish funk featuring Los Rumbers, Eddine Said, Mala Rodriguez, Arangu and Gecko Turner. Plus two hours of Monk interpretations featuring Jerry Gonzalez, Steve Lacy, T.S. Monk, Tommy Flanagan, Mark Murphy, Joe Henderson, Ronnie Mathews, Kronos Quartet, EST Trio, Chaka Khan, D.D. Jackson, bobby Hutcherson & Tete Montoliu, Laurent Coq, Lydian Sound Orchestra, Dexter Gordon, Melissa Walker, Horace Tapscott, Larry Young, Carmen McRae, Chick Corea, Bobby Enriquez, ICP Orchestra and Danilo Perez. Wow!

We open the week with a healthy selection from Papa Wemba, the King of Congo Rumba and follow with new tracks from Meshell Ndegeocello. We close with 15 versions of Curtis Mayfield‘s classic "People Get Ready" featuring Asante, Alicia Keys & Lyfe Jennings, Aaron Neville, Aretha Franklin, The Persuasions, Roy Davis Jr., Al Green & Heather Headley, Stephanie Mills, Phoebe Snow & Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Seal, Dionne Warwick, Jean Jacques Milteau, Jimmy Scott and Terry Callier.

Classic jazz vocals from Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, Al Jarreau and Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane. We’re also offering new raps from Brother Ali. We round out the week with an extended sampling of French jazz pianist Jean-Michel Pilc covering standards.

This week we feature jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and Rio Samba-ista Ana Costa, plus nine versions of Benny Golson’s classic composition, "I Remember Clifford," featuring Art Blakey, George Cables, Ernestine Anderson, Don Byas & Bud Powell, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Kalamu ya Salaam and Slide Hampton. R.I.P. Brownie.