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Ellis Marsalis Jr.

1934 - 2020

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Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the Marsalis musical family, when sons Branford and Wynton became popular jazz musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ellis Marsalis Jr. is the 560th most popular musician (up from 2,136th in 2019), the 3,270th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,229th in 2019) and the 167th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 560 out of 3,175. Before him are Nikki Sixx, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Robert de Visée, Paul Rodgers, Erroll Garner, and Jørgen Ingmann. After him are Rick Astley, Rachid Taha, Bud Powell, Dee Dee Ramone, Scott Bradley, and Thom Yorke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 153. Before him are Lucien Bianchi, Tatiana Samoilova, George Chakiris, Harlan Ellison, Allen Carr, and Claude Berri. After him are Sergio Balanzino, Henri Konan Bédié, Viktor Gorbatko, Umberto Agnelli, Raina Kabaivanska, and Dashrath Manjhi. Among people deceased in 2020, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 172. Before him are Pierre Nkurunziza, Louis Nirenberg, Shin Kyuk-ho, Astrid Kirchherr, Nikolay Shmatko, and Hans Tilkowski. After him are Paik Sun-yup, Winston Groom, Robert Shavlakadze, Vittorio Gregotti, Jimmy McLane, and Stanisław Kania.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 3,270 out of 20,380. Before him are Joan Cusack (1962), Bruce Campbell (1958), David Blaine (1973), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), and J. P. Guilford (1897). After him are James Bowie (1796), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Al Matthews (1942), Bud Powell (1924), Henry Flagler (1830), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 167. Before him are Maurice White (1941), Tito Puente (1923), Lead Belly (1888), Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), Nikki Sixx (1958), and Erroll Garner (1923). After him are Bud Powell (1924), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Scott Bradley (1891), David Marks (1948), Peter Cetera (1944), and Tommy Bolin (1951).

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