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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell marked Marsalis' death with a statement posted on Twitter. "It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of my father, Ellis Marsalis Jr.," son Branford Marsalis said in a statement, saying his father was admitted to hospital on Saturday and "died peacefully this evening". Marsalis was a New Orleans legend who had ended a three-decade run at New Orleans' Snug Harbor on Frenchman Street in January. Marsalis told the club's proprietor late last year it had become too exhausting to play his two 75-minute sets every Friday evening at the club. As for his family, four of Marsalis' six sons are musicians: Wynton, a nine-time Grammy-winning trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York; Branford, a saxophonist and musical director of the "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" in the 1990s; Delfeayo, a trombonist; and Jason, a drummer. Source:Zeenews #music #covid #jazz #musicindustry #musicbusiness #songwriter #musician #entertainment #recording #mastering #news