Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist and educator
Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, when sons Branford and Wynton became... Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1934, New Orleans, LA
Died: April 1, 2020 (age 85 years), New Orleans, LA
Children: Jason Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, and more
Grandchildren: Jasper Armstrong Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis Jr, and Simeon Marsalis
Parents: Ellis Louis Marsalis, Sr. and Florence Robertson
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