Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

62 · Born: Oct 18, 1961

Personal Details

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Born Oct 18, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Parents
  • Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis
  • Ellis Marsalis
Relatives
  • Branford Marsalis (Sibling)
  • Delfeayo Marsalis (Sibling)
  • Jason Marsalis (Sibling)
  • Mboya Marsalis (Sibling)
  • Ellis Marsalis III (Sibling)
  • Ellis Marsalis Sr. (Grandparent)
  • Florence Marie Marsalis (Grandparent)
  • Yvette Marsalis (Aunt or Uncle)

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 a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical during the same year.

Career

2023
2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
2005
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy?
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? as Campbell (voice)
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2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2020
A World Without Beethoven?
Find Your Groove
Find Your Groove
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Real Time with Bill Maher
2017
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller
2015
Song of Lahore
Song of Lahore
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2014
Brownie Speaks
Brownie Speaks
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2001
Jazz
Jazz
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1991
Great Performances
1988
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger