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Episode 76

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A Jack Johnson tribute: Miles Davis
A Jack Johnson tribute: Wynton Marsalis
An intimate home recording from Cantinero
A look at opposite day with Andrew Bird
The Who sung a Capella by Petra Haden
Brother/sister duo The Fiery Furnaces
A new EP from folk hero Iron and Wine
L.A. singer/songwriter Mia Doi Todd
Norwegian jazz: Tord Gustavsen Trio
Latin percussionist Roberto Rodriguez

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This 5-disc set includes the bulk of the recording sessions that would make up the soundtrack to William Cayton's 1970 documentary on boxer Jack Johnson.

Miles Davis

CD: The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
Song: "Right Off"
Label: Columbia Legacy

Listen to "Right Off"

Wynton Marsalis' soundtrack to a new Ken Burns documentary on Jack Johnson is dramatically different from the Miles Davis take, composed largely of period music from the turn of the last century.

Wynton Marsalis

CD: Unforgivable Blackness (Soundtrack)
Song: "Ghost in the House"
Label: Blue Note

Listen to "Ghost in the House"

Cantinero is multi-instrumentalist Christopher Hicken, a native of Birmingham, England who now writes and records at his apartment in New York. This is his solo debut.

Cantinero

CD: Championship Boxing
Song: "The Machine"
Label: Artemis

Listen to "The Machine"

Andrew Bird is a violinist, singer and songwriter from Chicago who's always reinventing his sound. You can hear some of his previous work on All Songs Considered's episodes two and 39.

Andrew Bird

CD: The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Song: "Opposite Day"
Label: Righteous Babe

Listen to "Opposite Day"

Petra Haden here recreates the Who's 1967 LP The Who Sell Out, entirely a Capella, performing all the rhythms, instruments and harmonies with her voice.

Petra Haden

CD: Petra Haden Sings the Who Sell Out
Song: "Sunrise"
Label: Bar/None

Listen to "Sunrise"

The Fiery Furnaces, are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, a brother/sister duo originally featured on All Songs Considered episode 69.

The Fiery Furnaces

CD: EP
Song: "Here Comes the Summer"
Label: Rough Trade

Listen to "Here Comes the Summer"

Last year's full-length release, Our Endless Numbered Days made Iron and Wine's Sam Beam a darling of the new-folk movement. This EP picks up where that album left off, with six delicate, dark woods songs.

Iron and Wine

CD: Woman King
Song: "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven"
Label: Sub Pop

Listen to "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven"

Mia Doi Todd is a classically-trained artist who studied at Yale and now makes music in Los Angeles.

Mia Doi Todd

CD: Manzanita
Song: "Tongue-tied"
Label: Plug Research

Listen to "Tongue-tied"

Tord Gustavsen heads this jazz trio from Norway. Their 2003 album, Changing Places, was featured on All Songs Considered episode 47.

The Tord Gustavsen Trio

CD: The Ground
Song: "Tears Transforming"
Label: ECM

Listen to "Tears Transforming"

Robert Rodriguez is a percusionist who blends the sounds of Latin jazz with Jewish music. He was originally featured on All Songs Considered episode 24.

Roberto Rodriguez

CD: Baila! Gitano Baila!
Song: "Wolfie's Corner"
Label: Tzadik

Listen to "Wolfie's Corner"

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