Explore Marsalis through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Marsalis meaning
A surname.
Using Marsalis
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, marsalis often appears in combinations such as: wynton marsalis, ellis marsalis, marsalis who.
Context around Marsalis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Marsalis
- In this selection, "marsalis" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wynton, ellis, soul, quartet, tracy and joined stand out and add context to how "marsalis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and wynton marsalis and branford marsalis is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "marsalis" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with marsalis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Seeing the Marsalis Quartet perform live was on Tracy Barber’s bucket list for several years. (16 words)
Marsalis, who makes several appearances in the film, admitted it was a hard thing to watch. (16 words)
This was Marsalis’s way of making music stand up as a strong agent for change. (16 words)
But in 2014 he returned to music with his first solo album in decades, the well-received “Croz,” which included this tender meditation on aging complete with a classy trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis. (34 words)
Serious students with the grit to practice received the code to his Thursday night Zoom calls, where they’ve gleaned nuggets of wisdom from music luminaries like John Meyer and Wynton Marsalis. (32 words)
Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, puts his late father, Ellis Marsalis Jr., as well as Frederick Douglass and young musicians on his list of what’s important. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, puts his late father, Ellis Marsalis Jr., as well as Frederick Douglass and young musicians on his list of what’s important.
As part of the performing arts center’s 2023-24 concert season, the trumpeter Wynton Marsalis will honor Shorter, the innovative saxophonist who died this month.
But in 2014 he returned to music with his first solo album in decades, the well-received “Croz,” which included this tender meditation on aging complete with a classy trumpet solo by Wynton Marsalis.
If troubled youth is characteristic of a sensitive soul, Marsalis, who turned pro at 14, was having none of it.
Seeing the Marsalis Quartet perform live was on Tracy Barber’s bucket list for several years.
Marsalis, who makes several appearances in the film, admitted it was a hard thing to watch.
She’s collaborated with an impressive array of artists, including David Byrne, Philip Glass, Wynton Marsalis, Tracy Chapman, Mavis Staples and REM.
Back in New Orleans, Marsalis joined the Marine Corps and was assigned to accompany soloists on the service's weekly TV programs on CBS in New York.
Branford Marsalis is a saxophonist and composer who served as bandleader for “The Tonight Show” from 1992-1995.
Ellis Marsalis III confirmed that his dad's death was brought about by the that is raging across the world in a global pandemic.
Following the competition events, a concert and awards ceremony will take place featuring this year’s top three bands alongside the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
In 2008, he was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, and the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans was named in his honor a year earlier.
Marsalis captures the kinetic energy within the rehearsal room and recording studio that Wilson created in his play.
Marsalis retired from UNO in 2001 but continued performing, particularly at Snug Harbor, a small club that anchored the city's contemporary jazz scene — frequently backing young promising musicians.
Marsalis spent most of his life in his native New Orleans, skipping out on Los Angeles after a few months backing Ornette Coleman there in 1956.
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, son of the operator of a hotel where he met touring black musicians who couldn't stay at the segregated downtown hotels where they performed.
Originally a saxophone player, Marsalis eventually switched to piano, which led to his prominence in the 1950s and ‘60s.
Serious students with the grit to practice received the code to his Thursday night Zoom calls, where they’ve gleaned nuggets of wisdom from music luminaries like John Meyer and Wynton Marsalis.
This was Marsalis’s way of making music stand up as a strong agent for change.
DP: Wynton Marsalis would join the production behind the scenes to play with an all-star band for the club scenes within the film.
Common combinations with marsalis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: