Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis | |
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Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Seventh Annual Jazz Festival, 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Wynton Learson Marsalis October 18, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School |
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| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Works | |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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| Website | wyntonmarsalis |
| 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) |
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.