It is not a surprise that the first group award of the NEA Jazz Masters has gone to the formidable Marsalis family - never before in jazz (or most any other art form) has a family produced so many masters of the form. The Adderleys, the Jones, even today’s Clayton Brothers, all produced a few family members that excelled on their instruments - but five?
Links:
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyMipV0YagQ
[2] https://marsalismusic.com/marsalis-family
[3] https://marsalismusic.com/branford-marsalis