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Wynton Marsalis
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American jazz musician and educator
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Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American composer, bandleader, conductor, and trumpeter born in New Orleans in 1961. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His professional work spans jazz, blues, Dixieland jazz, and classical music, with a career beginning in 1980. He has recorded for Blue Note, Columbia Records, and Sony Classical.
Marsalis is the son of Ellis Marsalis Jr. and sibling to Branford, Jason, and Delfeayo Marsalis. He was educated at the Juilliard School and is employed by Jazz at Lincoln Center. His accolades include the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the Order of Friendship, and the National Humanities Medal. He is recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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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.…
Known for
- In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon — Self2024
- Jazz 100 — self2023
- Hargrove — Self2022
- Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues — Self2022
- Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music — Self - musician2021
- Find Your Groove — Self2020
- A World Without Beethoven? — Self2020
- Topowa! Never Give Up — Self2020
- A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration — Self2020
- Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac — Self - Trumpet2018
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1961
Discography
Member of
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- Listeners
- 467,150
- Total plays
- 4,122,549
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Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, United States. Marsalis is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (pianist), grandson of Ellis Marsalis, Sr., and brother of Branford Marsalis (saxophonist), Delfeayo Marsalis (trombonist), Mboya, and Jason Marsalis (drummer). He is the world’s first jazz artist to <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wynton+Marsali
Key facts
- Born
- Wynton Learson Marsalis , ( 1961-10-18 ) October 18, 1961 (age 64) , New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz post-bop mainstream classical
- Occupations
- Musician composer educator artistic director
- Instrument
- Trumpet
- Works
- Wynton Marsalis discography
- Years active
- 1980–present
- Labels
- Columbia Sony Blue Note Marsalis Music
- Spouse
- Nicola Benedetti ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2024 )
- Website
- wyntonmarsalis .org
- Children
- Jasper Armstrong Marsalis (son)
- Parent s
- Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis Jr.
- Relatives
- Ellis Marsalis Sr. (grandfather);, Branford Marsalis , Jason Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis (brothers)
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Official website
Wynton Marsalis Official Website
Official website for jazz musician Wynton Marsalis: news, tour dates, latest releases, audio and video, biography, discography, photo gallery, and more.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Father
- Ellis Marsalis Jr.
- Sibling
- Jason Marsalis
- Employer
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- jazz
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- neo-bop jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Official website
- wyntonmarsalis.org
- Image
- Wynton Marsalis free.jpg
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- Wynton Marsalis
- date of birth
- 1961-10-18
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- social media followers
- 135577
- birth name
- Wynton Learson Marsalis
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Encyclopedic overview
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 1997 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 same year.
Early years and education
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