E-Day Series: Jason Marsalis
Fri, Jun 26
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The Snug Harbor's tribute to Ellis Marsalis, the E-Day Memorial series will continue this Friday with youngest Marsalis son, Jason Marsalis. Tonight, Jason will perform remotely some of the music of legendary father, Ellis Marsalis.
Time & Location
Jun 26, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
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About The Event
In honor of the passing of our beloved musician, composer, educator, mentor and 30-year Snug Harbor artist in residence Ellis Marsalis Jr. on April 1st 2020, Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro is hosting weekly livestreams from its social media channels on Fridays at 8:00pm Central Time ~ the time that Ellis and his band started his longtime weekly concert series at Snug for decades.
Started one week after his passing in response to the community not being able to gather in person for proper memorials due to the Covid-19 pandemic, these livestreams feature different New Orleans musicians each week paying their personal tributes to the man they knew via music composed, inspired, or influenced by the late Ellis Marsalis Jr, interspersed with stories surrounding each tune and/or memories of times with him.
The series is dubbed "E-Day Live" as "E" is how musicians closest to the pianist referred to him fondly,…