Wynton Marsalis

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Personal Info

Known for

Sound

From

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Born

10/18/1961

Age

63

Credit(s)

40

Biography

Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He is the only musician to win ...Show More