Soul music doesn’t get better than seventies Aretha Franklin, and we follow that goodness with emerging Cape Verdean chantuese Mayra Andrade, and close out with 24 versions of Duke’s great "Prelude To A Kiss" featuring Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Sarah Vaughan, McCoy Tyner, Nnenna Freelon, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Sir Roland Hanna, Carmen McRae, Ellis Marsalis, Nancy Wilson, Brad Mehldau, Singers Unlimited, Roy Haynes Trio, Sonny Rollins, Sun Ra, Tito Puente, Mel Brown Quartet, Roberta Flack, Miki Hayama, Andy Bey, and Tommy Smith.


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