Patriarchitect

Another day, another recently-deceased master musician in the ground.

This guy is almost as revered for the children he made as he is for the pianos he played.

He did, however, participate in countless recording sessions, both as a leader and a sideguy.

As beloved a professor of music as the city of New Orleans may ever know, he taught at several schools in the city for decades, shaping even more countless lives and future musicians.

And of course, there's those kids.

All four of them have been everywhere for at least the last 35 years, from the Lincoln Center stage to the bandleader chair of late-night talk shows.

I could easily cover any and all of them on here, such is the prolific output for which they, as a family, have been responsible.

Their dad passed away at 85 last week, the latest victim of this dreadful virus.

So today we honor a true patriarch of Jazz, and bid farewell to the legendary Ellis Marsalis, Jr.

Ellis Marsalis Quartet

Internationales Jazzfestival

Marians Jazzroom

Bern, Switzerland

5.13.2014

01 Syndrome

02 EM announcement

03 crepuscule with nellie

04 evidence

05 EM announcement

06 dolphin dance

07 EM announcement

08 magnolia triangle

09 EM announcement

10 unidentified quartet title

11 Sweet Georgia Brown

12 unidentified solo piano title

Total time: 1:03:26

Ellis Marsalis - piano

Derek Douget - saxophones

Jason Stewart - bass

Jason Marsalis - drums

digital capture of a digital FM broadcast over SRF2 Radio

393 MB FLAC/April 2020 archive link

I will roll back by tomorrow with a big time milestone birthday for another patriarch, as the hits just keep right on coming.

Enjoy this quartet set -- our hero's youngest son is the drummer -- and thank Providence that as tough as things are these days. you picked a lifetime that overlapped with beautiful people like Ellis Marsalis, Jr.--J. 

11.14.1934 - 4.1.2020