Ellis and Delfeayo Marsalis
7 & 9 p.m. Wed.-Thu. • Dakota Jazz Club • $30-$50
New Orleans piano patriarch Ellis Marsalis makes his first Twin Cities appearance in 24 years, paired with the third of his four jazz-star sons. Delfeayo Marsalis enlisted his dad as sideman for last fall's release "The Last Southern Gentlemen," a mellow album of standards that places his lyrical trombone front and center. The elder Marsalis, who turned 80 in November, will play only the first night of this two-night gig — he has a previous engagement back home — but his substitute is no slouch: soulful Crescent City keyboardist/singer Davell Crawford. Tim Campbell
