# Ellis Marsalis honored with memorial and second line in New Orleans: Video, Photos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2022/06/02/ellis-marsalis-honored-with-memorial-and-second-line-in-new-orleans-video-photos/
- Published: 2022-06-02T15:51:14+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**A second line honors New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday,
May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to 
complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. **

A private service by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second
line from Gallier to Congo Square.

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A second line honors New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday,
May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to 
complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service
by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier
to Congo Square.

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WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Delfeayo Marsalis, right, talks gets a hug after memorial services for his father,
New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The
memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from
COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation
only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo 
Square.

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WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Jason Marsalis, right, talks to people after memorial services for his father, New
Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial
comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at
the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was
held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.004.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Quint Davis of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival gets a hug after memorial
services for New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday, May
15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications
from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation
only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo 
Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.005.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

A second line honors New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday,
May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to 
complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service
by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier
to Congo Square.PUBLISHED MAY 15, 2022 AT 3:55 PM | UPDATED MAY 15, 2022 AT 3:58
PM

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WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Delfeayo Marsalis plays the trombone during a second line honoring his father, New
Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial
comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at
the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was
held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.007.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Branford Marsalis, second from left, plays during a second line honoring his father,
New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The
memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from
COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation
only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo 
Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.008.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Branford Marsalis has a laugh during a second line honoring his father, New Orleans
jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial 
comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at
the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was
held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.009.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Delfeayo Marsalis smiles during a second line honoring his father, New Orleans jazz
musician Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial comes
more than two years after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at the start
of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was held at 
Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.010.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Actor Wendell Pierce joins a second line honoring New Orleans jazz musician Ellis
Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years
after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic
in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before
a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.011.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

A second line honors New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday,
May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to 
complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service
by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier
to Congo Square.

![NO.marsalis.051622.012.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

A second line honors New Orleans jazz musician Ellis Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday,
May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years after Marsalis died due to 
complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic in April 2020. A private service
by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before a public second line from Gallier
to Congo Square. (Photo by Scott Threlkeld)

![NO.marsalis.051622.013.jpg](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe/
WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==)

Tuba players gather before a second line honoring New Orleans jazz musician Ellis
Marsalis in New Orleans Sunday, May 15, 2022. The memorial comes more than two years
after Marsalis died due to complications from COVID at the start of the pandemic
in April 2020. A private service by invitation only was held at Gallier Hall before
a public second line from Gallier to Congo Square. (Photo by Scott Threlkeld)https://
youtu.be/SwIdDHQShJI

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