【訃報】ジャズピアニストのエリス・マルサリスが死去 85歳
Ellis Marsalis performs during the 2017 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 7, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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4/1/2020 by Natalie Weiner
If the heart of American music lies in New Orleans, it’s certain that one of its arteries or ventricles passes with Ellis Marsalis, who died Wednesday (April 1) at 85 years old. He had been hospitalized in New Orleans for pneumonia-like symptoms over the weekend and was tested for the coronavirus but results aren’t yet available, according to a report from New Orleans’ WWL-TV.
“He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a statement. “He was a teacher, a father, and an icon -- and words aren’t sufficient to describe the art, the joy and the wonder he showed the world.”
