Ellis Marsalis, 1934 - 2020
He went out the way he lived: embracing reality
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
@wyntonmarsalis
World-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and leading advocate of American culture. Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center
- My daddy was a humble man with a lyrical sound that captured the spirit of place--New Orleans, the Crescent City, The Big Easy, the Curve. He was a stone-cold believer without extravagant tastes... bit.ly/EllisM
- An important cog in the ever turning wheel of universal humanism has passed through leaving all he touched better than it was before. He was and will always be: purveyor of pentatonic perfection; master of blues inflected melodies; hero of vertical and horizontal harmonic…
- I had the honor of playing on #MisterRogers’ show in 1986. Never before have I interacted with a staff that was as fired up about their boss. And they weren’t at all exaggerating. Today, he is being honored with a Doodle goo.gl/uzP1UV @GoogleDoodles #workingwithgoogle
00:00 - Todd Stoll, Marcus Printup and Kenny Rampton challenged me to the “West End Blues Challenge”! Louis Armstrong is still taking care of us
00:00 - Enjoy a full clip of The Wynton Marsalis Quintet performing "Winter Wonderland", with special guest my daughter Oni on vocals. Happy Holidays season!
00:00 - It was a great honor to accept the 2023 Praemium Imperiale from Her Imperial Highness Princess Hitachi in Tokyo yesterday
- Chick in Marciac 2019 at 3 am, after playing his own 1-1/2 hour set and sitting through our 1-1/2, he agrees to come up on our bandstand for the encore, says he would rather accompany than solo, plays the hell out of a tune he doesn’t know... bit.ly/3qfshU1
- Absolute and thorough soul through and through. Not just the Queen of song, Ms. Franklin was a fount of great stories delivered with downhome wit, intelligence and incredible insight. The soul quotient in the world is lower today. #ArethaFranklin
- Soloing on “Stardust” at tonight’s concert in Hong Konh @HKAPA
00:00 - Playing “Buddy Bolden Blues” with Victor Goines backstage at @artscentremelb before tonight’s “All Rise” performance with @jazzdotorg Orchestra and @MelbSymphony conducted by @BenNorthey
00:00 - The saxophone 🎷 section of the @jazzdotorg Orchestra performing Duke Ellington’s Le Sucrier Velours from the Queen’s Suite, last night at the @Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
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