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* Today in Black History - November 14 *
1934 - Ellis Marsalis is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. After high
school, Marsalis will enroll at Dillard University (New Orleans)
and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education.
Marsalis will eventually become New Orleans' leading Jazz
educator. He will become a lecturer at Xavier University and an
adjunct teacher at Loyola University. Marsalis will enroll in
the graduate program at Loyola University and will graduate with
a Masters of Music Education. Marsalis' teaching career will
flower at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Many
of his former students will be professional musicians locally as
well as internationally. Three of his six sons, Branford, Wynton
and Delfeayo as well as trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist
Donald Harrison and pianist Harry Connick, Jr. will attain
worldwide acclaim with recording contracts on major labels.
1934 - William Levi Dawson's Symphony No. 1, Negro Folk Symphony, is
the first symphony on black folk themes by an African American
composer to be performed by a major orchestra.
* Today in Black History - November 15 *
1928 - Roland Hayes opens his fifth American Tour at New York's
Carnegie Hall packed with admirers.
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