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Ellis Marsalis Jr.

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American jazz pianist and educator (1934-2020)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1934 to 2020 · aged 85
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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 Marsalis musical family, when sons Branford and Wynton became popular jazz musicians.

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NEA Jazz Masters

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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2020 · aged 85
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22 languages

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