Ellis Marsalis
April 16
Aladdin Theater
All Ages // 7pm
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Ellis Marsalis was born and raised in New Orleans, Lousiana---picking up the tenor saxophone as a young boy, then shifting over to piano in high school. Marsalis cut his own path in the burgeoning Jazz landscape of the time by not locking himself into the stylings of Dixieland or Rhytham & Blues, instead forging his own path with other luminaries such as David "Fathead" Newman, Al Hirt and Cannonball Adderly. Though he has appeared on countless albums over the years, with nearly twenty to his own credit, Marsalis is maybe best known now for his committment to teaching and progressing the philosohy of Jazz music, as well as rearing his own crew of legendary sons: Delfeayo, Jason, Wynton & Branford.