Marsalis, Ellis

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Name (Latin)
Marsalis, Ellis
Date of birth
1934-11-14
Date of death
2020-04-01
Place of birth
New Orleans (La.)
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Jazz musicians
Music teachers
Pianists
Musicians
Jazz pianist
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 2660924
Wikidata: Q487043
Library of congress: n 88655408
Sources of Information
  • Father & son [SR] p1987:
  • Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed.
  • Grove music online, viewed Feb. 13, 2006
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Wikipedia description:

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) 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 popular jazz musicians.

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