MUSICIAN

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

1934 - 2020

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Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, when sons Branford and Wynton became popular jazz musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellis Marsalis Jr. has received more than 469,643 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ellis Marsalis Jr. is the 2,137th most popular musician (down from 1,876th in 2019), the 11,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,567th in 2019) and the 851st most popular American Musician.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 2,137 out of 3,175. Before him are Adam Jones, Barriemore Barlow, Ed Thigpen, Mahmood, Carita Holmström, and Mike Garson. After him are Jack Johnson, Devendra Banhart, Tsunku, Bill Laswell, Maria Schneider, and Branford Marsalis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 526. Before him are Janet Munro, Joe Williams, Sydney Schanberg, Ron Flowers, Peter Masterson, and Ed Flanders. After him are Alfonso Portugal, Peter Arnett, John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, Gordon Bell, Calvin Lockhart, and Steve Lacy. Among people deceased in 2020, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 692. Before him are Danny Hodge, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Jan Morris, Aleksandr Kabanov, Tomás Herrera Martínez, and Saufatu Sopoanga. After him are Timothy Ray Brown, Dimitar Largov, Maxim Martsinkevich, Soumaïla Cissé, Herman Cain, and Kamala.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 11,233 out of 20,380. Before him are Beatrix Loughran (1900), Frank Armi (1918), Johnny Ace (1929), Rochelle Hudson (1916), Madeline Zima (1985), and Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977). After him are Kristin Bauer van Straten (1966), Colleen Hoover (1979), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Jack Johnson (1975), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ellis Marsalis Jr. ranks 851. Before him are Frank Ferrer (1966), Tyler Bates (1965), Brian Welch (1970), Adam Jones (1965), Ed Thigpen (1930), and Mike Garson (1945). After him are Jack Johnson (1975), Devendra Banhart (1981), Bill Laswell (1955), Maria Schneider (1960), Branford Marsalis (1960), and Big Joe Williams (1903).

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