Another taken down by the COVID-19 virus.
from the NY TImes:
Ellis Marsalis Jr., a prominent New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch who mentored four musician sons, died on Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans. He was 85.
The cause was complications of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, his son, Branford, said.
“Ellis Marsalis was a legend,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans wrote on Twitter. “He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz.”
In addition to establishing himself as a formidable pianist and musical educator, Mr. Marsalis also shaped the musical careers of his four sons: Wynton, a trumpeter and composer who is the managing and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center; Branford, a saxophonist; Delfeayo, a trombonist; and Jason, a drummer.
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