Posted on Apr 5, 2020

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Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist and music educator, was considered the patriarch of the first family of New Orleans jazz. Marsalis passed away on April 1, 2020 of complications from the coronavirus (COVID-19), at the age of 85.

Read the article to learn about his life.

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Maj Robert Thornton

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Sorry to hear this. I don't know if I have ever listened to Ellis's music, but I do have some of Wynton and Branford's albums. And interesting that Connick Jr. was a student of his.

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