Ellis L. Marsalis, Jr.

Ellis Marsalis Jr., a Dillard University pianist and teacher, was the patriarch of a New Orleans jazz family and a professor who trained a generation of players. His own recordings and his sons’ careers made the Marsalis name synonymous with modern jazz.

Pianist, educator, and longtime New Orleans jazz mentor.
Faculty leader at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and the University of New Orleans.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2020.