Homecoming: Branford Marsalis new artistic director at New Orleans music center named for his father
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Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis performs with pianist Dr. Michael Torregano, after Branford was introduced as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)FILE - Branford Marsalis walks onto the stage during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, April 28, 2019. Marsalis is taking on a new job in his hometown of New Orleans. Marsalis was to be named Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, named for his later father. Ellis Marsalis was the patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer, file)Branford Marsalis performs as he is introduced as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis performs as he is introduced as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Nola Butler performs with fellow students from the Ellis Maralis Center at The Musician's Village, after Branford Marsalis was introduced as the new artistic director in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Students from the Ellis Maralis Center at The Musician's Village perform after Branford Marsalis was introduced as the new artistic director in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Students from the Ellis Maralis Center at The Musician's Village perform after Branford Marsalis was introduced as the new artistic director in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis, facing, is greeted by Ford Foundation president Darren Walker as he is introduced as the new artistic director for the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Branford Marsalis speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Ellis Marsalis Center at The Musician's Village in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Marsalis was named Tuesday as the new artistic director for the center, which is named for Branford's late father, patriarch of a family of accomplished New Orleans musicians that also includes trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)