I’ve been going through Ground Control Parenting archives recently and ran across this great parenting story about a father and his son, which I posted on the blog over a decade ago. The father was the great jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, Jr., and the story was told by his son Wynton. Four years ago this week we lost Ellis Marsalis, Jr., and with great respect for his parenting as well as his musical talent, I retell the story below.