Our week begins with stirring jazz from the South African band the Blue Notes. We introduce singer/songwriter Sean Haefeli who is producing jazz-based contemporary music. We conclude the week with nine versions of the seventies anthem “Some Day We’ll All Be Free” featuring the composer Donny Hathaway, pianist Bobby Lyle, vocalist Puff Johnson, guitarist/vocalist George Benson, guitarist Charlie Hunter, Sergio Mendes, pianist Laurent Coq, vocalist Bobby Womack and the queen, Aretha Franklin.

We start the week celebrating the small band music of Charles Mingus. Esperanza Spalding has a new album and we hear both studio and live versions of her contemporary jazz. South African trumpet phenom, Hugh Masekela expertly covers “soul” music and other standards to wrap up our week.