Ellis Marsalis

NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and bandleader Branford Marsalis chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about his upcoming performance at KCA in Queens

Ellis Marsalis was in fine spirits, relaxed and ready, as he settled in behind the Steinway B at Esplanade Studios earlier this year.Joined on vibraphone…

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation has created the Louis Armstrong Emergency Fund for Jazz Musicians to provide much needed support to vocalists…

We’ve been losing some of our heroes. Their music lives on.Bill Withers on Beat Club, 1972Many of us, on learning of the death of Bill Withers, sought…

Jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis has died at the age of 85, according to tweets from New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jazz at Lincoln Center.