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Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis
American trombonist
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (born 1961)
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Kenny Kirkland
Kenny Kirkland
American musician
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Marlon Jordan
Marlon Jordan
American musician
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Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts
American musician
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James Black
James Black
American R&B and jazz musician
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Harry Connick Jr.
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
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Reginald Veal
Reginald Veal
American musician
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Robert Hurst
Robert Hurst
American jazz bassist
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Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
American musician and composer
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Ralph Peterson, Jr.
Ralph Peterson, Jr.
American jazz drummer
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Steve Masakowski
Steve Masakowski
musical artist
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Buckshot LeFonque
Buckshot LeFonque
band
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Marcus Roberts
Marcus Roberts
American musician
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Victor Goines
Victor Goines
American musician
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Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett
American musician
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Phil Bowler
Phil Bowler
American musician
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Harold Battiste
Harold Battiste
American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Doug Wamble
Doug Wamble
American musician
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Ted Nash
Ted Nash
American musician
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Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley
American jazz alto saxophonist
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Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
composer
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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Regina Carter
Regina Carter
American musician
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Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott
American musician
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Kidd Jordan
Kidd Jordan
American saxophonist
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Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
Nathaniel "Nat" Perrilliat
New Orleans jazz musician
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The Jazz Messengers
The Jazz Messengers
American jazz band
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Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley
American musician
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Chico Freeman
Chico Freeman
American saxophonist
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Wellman Braud
Wellman Braud
American musician
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Clark Terry
Clark Terry
American swing and bebop musician
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Rodney Whitaker
Rodney Whitaker
American jazz double bass player, educator
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Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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Joey Calderazzo
Joey Calderazzo
American jazz pianist
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

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American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, when sons Branford and Wynton became popular musicians.