The Marsalis family could arguably be called the first family of modern jazz. The name needs no introduction to people who know music, and in particular, jazz music. From the more recognizable names ...

The celebrated New Orleans-based Marsalis family, one of the best-known clans in jazz history, has come together for a live recording, "The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration," to be released Feb. 4… ...

Except in their living room back home in New Orleans, there have been only a few times when the entire Marsalis family has gathered in one spot to make music together. On Monday, Ellis Marsalis -- the ...

It was obvious when Mr. Ellis Marsalis took a seat in the center of a sold-out audience last night at Loyola’s Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall that the evening would be a special one. No one could ...

The celebrated Marsalis family, which, as previously reported, is issuing the collaborative album "The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration" in February via Marsalis Music, will follow its release… By ...

More than two years after Ellis Marsalis died due to complications from COVID-19, the revered jazz patriarch will be honored with a memorial service, a second line parade and a repast on Sunday, May ...

Ellis Marsalis, jazz legend, educator and patriarch of the Marsalis family of musicians, died on Wednesday at age 85. Cause of death are believed to have been complications from COVID-19, according to ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ellis Marsalis Jr., the patriarch of a New Orleans musical family, known for his brand of modern jazz as well as for educating generations of musicians as a teacher, has died, according ...

The First Family of Modern Jazz performed on August 4, 2001 at a concert hall in The Crescent City to mark the retirement of Ellis Marsalis from teaching duties at the University of New Orleans.