LEMON: That is jazz legend Ellis Marsalis Jr. playing at the New Orleans jazz on Heritage festival. That was back in 2012. Let me tell you about him. He was a pianist and an educator, and the patriarch of the legendary musical family. Ellis Marsalis died yesterday from complications of coronavirus. He was 85. And I am honored to be joined by his son, the legendary saxophonist and composer, Branford Marsalis. You like that intro don't you? Branford, so good to see you.</s>BRANFORD MARSALIS, LEGENDARY SAXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER: Thank you, Don.</s>LEMON: It's good to see you with a smile on your face. And listen, I'm sorry. I know everyone says -- I'm sorry for your lost. But what I do know, I'm Louisiana and I truly am sorry. We love your family. We love your dad. We love you. We love Wynton. We love everybody. So, your father meant so much. So, share what you want about him.</s>MARSALIS: I mean, it would take a long time, because his teaching philosophy was very Socratic. He never really tried to tell you what the answer was. He would ask you questions and put you in a position so that you could arrive at an answer on your own, because then it is you making the decision more so than him telling you what to do. And I didn't appreciate that until I got a lot older.
Remembering A Jazz Legend, Ellis Marsalis Jr.