Ellis Marsalis has died after being hospitalized with COVID symptoms

[Guest Nekhyludov]

https://www.wwltv.com/mobile/article/news/local/ellis-marsalis-jazz-master-and-musical-family-patriarch-dies-at-85/289-36114b72-6c41-40cb-8639-4012612e7a14

[pelicanesq]

A sad day for the city of New Orleans and jazz lovers worldwide. I’ll light one up for him and the many others we have lost once this is all over.

[Guest Nekhyludov]

It's depressing as hell to think that the man who taught, mentored, trained, and raised two entire generations of jazz musicians won't even get a proper second line. I can only imagine that when public gatherings are allowed again, it's gonna be one hell of a parade from Mater Dolorosa up through Carrollton.

[Deeg]

Meanwhile Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, composer of "That Thing You Do") had also died of COVID-19.  And John Prine, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of any era, is in critical condition.  It's a very sad time.