JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE Ellis Marsalis Instrument: Piano Born: New Orleans, Louisiana "Every successive generation looks at what came before, and that's where validation comes from, no matter how long it takes." - Ellis Marsalis DownBeat Back to Artists Ellis Marsalis 1987 From the JazzFest Program Biography: