8 days ago · Marsalis 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.

Multi-generational jazz families were once the rule in New Orleans. The music's early history is filled with such storied names as brass band leader Henry ...

Apr 26, 2012 · The story starts in New Orleans, with the birth of Ellis Marsalis, Jr. in 1934. Although the city was noted for Dixieland and rhythm-and-blues, ...

Incredible as it sounds, they've never recorded together as a family. On August 4, 2001, at the University of New Orleans, they performed with their father, the ...

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 ...

Duration: 10:33
Posted: Apr 3, 2020

This live concert commemorated Ellis Marsalis' retirement from teaching (high school for over 25 years, then at the University of New Orleans.)Most of his ...

Duration: 9:50
Posted: Aug 4, 2001

They are Branford Marsalis, born Aug. 26, 1960, and Wynton Marsalis, born Oct. 18, 1961. Wynton has been garnering 99% of the kudos on the strength of his ...

Listen to music by The Marsalis Family on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by The Marsalis Family including Swinging at the Haven, Cain and Abel and ...