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Ellis Marsalis plays with the Ellis Marsalis Trio at Tulane University's Dixon Hall in New Orleans on Oct. 21, 2010. (Tulane Public Relations via Wikimedia Commons)

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Ellis Marsalis Jr., New Orleans Jazz Legend, Dies at 85

by WI Guest Author April 2, 2020December 21, 2021

Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist and patriarch of the iconic New Orleans musical family, died Wednesday night. He was 85.