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Bookmark or Share- Marsalis family | Members, Biographies, Music, & FactsMarsalis family, American family, considered the “first family of jazz,” who (particularly brothers Wynton and Branford) had a major impact on jazz in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The family includes Ellis (b. November 14, 1934, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—d. April 1, 2020, New Orleans) and his sons Branford (b.
- Ellis Marsalis: Pianist, Teacher And New Orleans Jazz PatriarchEllis Marsalis died on Wednesday, April 1. Over a lifetime in music, he achieved renown not only as a pianist and composer in his own right, but as one of the most influential music educators...
- Ellis Marsalis, jazz patriarch, dies at 85 after coronavirus diagnosisBy Dennis Romero. Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, educator and father of four noted musicians, died in New Orleans after contracting coronavirus, his son said. He was 85. New Orleans Mayor LaToya...
- Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Pianist and Music Family Patriarch, Dies at 85Ellis Marsalis, a pianist and educator who became the guiding force behind a late-20th-century resurgence in jazz while putting four musician sons on a path to prominent careers, died on...
- New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85 - PBSRebecca Santana, Associated Press. Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
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