"[A] pianist and educator, [he] became the guiding force behind a late-20th-century resurgence in jazz. … Photogenic, erudite and fabulously talented, Mr. Marsalis's children and many other young jazz musicians he had taught " including Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison Jr., Harry Connick Jr. and Nicholas Payton " became the leaders in a burgeoning traditionalist movement, […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM on April 2, 2020