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Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

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18 Oct 1961 (64 years)
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Biography

Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the ...

Also Known As

Wynton L. Marsalis, Wynton Learson Marsalis

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