By Jazz Tangcay
02.04.2020 - 09:11 / billboard.com
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
has left us, but he also left an indelible mark on the jazz scene and the wider music community.The New Orleans icon taught generations of musicians in his hometown, many of whom are turning to social media to pay their respects.A multi-talented artist, Marsalis became the first chair of the now-storied jazz studies program at the University of New Orleans in 1989 and his name adorns the Ellis Marsalis Center, a nonprofit music and performing arts facility in New Orleans’ 9th
.Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's oldest child Luna turned four yesterday—an occasion she spent in quarantine with her parents. But her mom and dad went to great lengths to make the day special.
A tourist riverboat calliope blasted hymn and gospel tunes across New Orleans’ French Quarter on Friday as a tribute to the late jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis.Marsalis, who taught generations of jazz players, including four of his six sons, died Wednesday of pneumonia brought on by COVID-19.On Friday, a medley including “How Great Thou Art” and “I’ll Fly Away” climaxed with “When the Saints Go Marching In” and the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.Most of the city has been
NEW ORLEANS -- A tourist riverboat calliope blasted hymn and gospel tunes across New Orleans' French Quarter on Friday as a tribute to the late jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis.
Jazz veteran Ellis Marsalis Jr. died on Wednesday after losing his battle against coronavirus.
Ellis Marsalis, the New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch of an accomplished family of musicians, has died. The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music confirmed his death to NBC News. Branford Marsalis said his father died of COVID-19 complications. He was 85.
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.
American pianist Ellis Marsalis has passed away at the age of 85 after contracting COVID-19. The father of renowned musicians, Wynton and Branford Marsalis was suffering from pneumonia, caused by Coronavirus, one of his sons told the Associated Press. “Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his demise," Ellis Marsalis III said. "But it was pneumonia brought on by COVID-19," he added.
Jazz pioneer Ellis Marsalis Jr has died at the age of 85 after being diagnosed with coronavirus, his son has said.
Ellis Marsalis Jr., a jazz pianist from New Orleans, died Wednesday night from complications due to coronavirus, his son, Branford Marsalis, confirmed in a statement to Variety. He was 85.
Ellis Marsalis has sadly passed away at age 85 due to complications from coronavirus.