Preview DownBeat’s Mardi Gras Playlist

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Dr. John

(Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

Mardi Gras commemorates many things, but it’s a music lovers’ holiday through and through. As festivities get underway in Louisiana, Alabama and around the world, celebrate Fat Tuesday the DownBeat way by previewing our special Mardi Gras playlist from Apple Music. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, open iTunes and stream this and other DownBeat playlists any time!



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    Benjamin possessed a fluid, round sound on the alto saxophone, and he was often most recognizable by the layers of electronic effects that he put onto the instrument.

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    “He’s constructing intelligent musical sentences that connect seamlessly, which is the most important part of linear playing,” Charles McPherson said of alto saxophonist Sonny Red.

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    ​Albert “Tootie” Heath (1935–2024) followed in the tradition of drummer Kenny Clarke, his idol.

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    “Both of us are quite grounded in the craft, the tradition and the harmonic sense,” Rosenwinkel said of his experience playing with Allen. “Yet I felt we shared something mystical as well.”

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    Henry Threadgill performs with Zooid at Big Ears in Knoxville, Tennessee.


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