Featuring a killer new joint from the world-best saxophonist Michael Blake; NC triangle galactic fusion from Nicolay and the Hot at Nights; a bright new voice with a classic jazz sound, Samara Joy on the Verve label; the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Kevin Kendrick, A Big Yes and a Small No; British world jazz master Shabaka; Keith Jarrett’s legendary European quartet from the Nude Ants record; Brazilian guitar wiz-kid Plinio Fernandes; and the one and only, maestra Nina Simone.