The big boss man of the blues Jimmy Reed gets us going on up the road, whereupon we run into South African, contemporary vocalist Melanie Scholtz, and conclude with 14 Stevie Wonder covers featuring Carmen McRae, Donny Hathaway, Quincy Jones, Vanessa Rubin, Tuck & Patti, Iain MacKenzie, Joe Locke, Cassandra Wilson, Soulive, Sao Benitez, Jose Felicano, and, of course, the musical master himself, Stevie Wonder. What a wonderful week.

Guitarist Wes Montgomery starts off our week with the beatific beauty of his thumb caressing six strings. London-based, Nigeria-heritage emcee Lyric L follows with verbal brilliance. We close out with six versions of drummer Tony Williams’ “Sister Cheryl” featuring Wynton Marsalis, John B. Williams, Jacky Terrasson, John Stetch, Sunny Sumter, and The Tony Williams Quintet.