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Ellis Marsalis Center for Music relaunches after-school youth programs
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music is accepting applications for after-school and Saturday music education programs for youth ages 8 to 18. Enrolled students are provided with an instrument, and […]
Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre 30th Anniversary Concert: Derek Douget leads the Ellis Marsalis Orchestra in music from ‘The Silverbook’
The Lula Elzy New Orleans Dance Theatre will celebrate its 30th anniversary on November 14 at 3 p.m. at the Lafon Performing Arts Center in Luling. Sharing the program with […]
UNO’s Jazz at the Sandbar concert series returns with tribute to Ellis Marsalis
The Jazz at the Sandbar concert series will return to its intimate performance space at The Cove on the University of New Orleans (UNO) campus with an in-person audience for […]
Ellis Marsalis, Fats Domino honored with renaming of park and street in New Orleans
By unanimous vote of the New Orleans City Council on July 1, Palmer Park in the Carrollton neighborhood will be renamed in honor of Ellis Marsalis and Caffin Avenue in […]
Snug Harbor will reopen June 4 with a tribute to Ellis Marsalis
Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, the venerable restaurant and jazz club a at 626 Frenchmen Street, will reopen its performance space on Friday, June 4, with a tribute to Ellis Marsalis […]
WWNO to pay special tribute to Ellis Marsalis on the anniversary of his passing
Ellis Marsalis, Jr. died of complications from COVID-19 one year ago this week (April 1, 2020). To mark this anniversary, WWNO veteran and jazz historian Fred Kasten has devoted his […]
Ellis Marsalis Documentary scores Sponsorship from The Film Collaborative
The documentary crew is still taking donations. Last September, OffBeat talked to filmmaker Sascha Just, a New York and Berlin-based filmmaker who was documenting the life of Ellis Marsalis until […]
Ellis Marsalis with Jason Marsalis, For All We Know (Newvelle Records)
If Newvelle’s intent is to make albums that are stand-alone works of art, this is a masterpiece. Once more the black and white cover portrait speaks volumes. Marsalis would not […]
“For All We Know,” Jason Marsalis talks about the last Ellis Marsalis recording
The final recording by the late, beloved Ellis Marsalis took place in February 2020, and by April, Mr. Marsalis was lost to his family and the jazz world from COVID-19 […]
UNO’s Jazz at the Sandbar Opens Series with Tribute to Ellis Marsalis
The UNO School of the Arts is adapting, as needed, to COVID change and the popular Jazz at the Sandbar shows will go on. Beginning Wednesday, October 7 at 7 […]
