and he said, "well, that's ellis marsalis' kid."t a favorite musician of a lot of us. and he introduced me to him, and later on he said, "he's in his first year at juilliard and, of course, "you know, i couldn't do that to ellis. "i just couldn't pull him out of school and offer him the job, you know, so i can't give him the gig." but two sets later, about 4:00 in the morning, we were all hanging out at the club, and i said, "so, art, did you decide on any new members?" he said, "just one-- wynton marsalis." [marsalis playing soon all will know] narrator: wynton marsalis was born in 1961 in new orleans, a year before dexter gordon began his self-imposed exile in europe. he was brought up surrounded by music. his father, ellis, was a pianist, composer, and music educator. his older brother branford played the saxophone. two younger brothers, delfeayo and jason, would become musicians, as well. by his mid-teens, marsalis was playing in all kinds of groups around new orleans: marching bands, funk bands, and the new orleans civic orches