John Legend, Apple’s Tim Cook and Others Remember Jazz Great Ellis Marsalis Jr.
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billboard.comEllis 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 Ward.However, it was tutelage of his six sons -- Branford, Wynton, Ellis III, Delfeayo, Mboya Kenyatta and Jason -- that earned him the title of patriarch of the First Family of Jazz.Ellis Marsalis was "a legend,” the city’s mayor LaToya Cantrell.
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