Wynton Marsalis
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Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC) Seventh Annual Jazz Festival in West Orange, New Jersey
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Wynton Learson Marsalis |
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October 18, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, post-bop, jazz poetry, classical, Baroque, avant-garde jazz, big band, Dixieland jazz, Funk, jazz-funk, jazz fusion, third stream |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra and opera, educator |
| Instruments | Trumpet, cornet, flumpet, flugelhorn |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Sony, Blue Note |
| Associated acts | English Chamber Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra |
| Website | wyntonmarsalis |
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, music educator, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, United States. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences. Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammys in both genres, and his Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (pianist), grandson of Ellis Marsalis, Sr., and brother of Branford (saxophonist), Delfeayo (trombonist), and Jason (drummer). Marsalis performed the national anthem at Super Bowl XX in 1986.
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, the second of six sons of Delores (née Ferdinand) and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor. Marsalis brothers are: Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III (1964), Delfeayo Marsalis, Mboya Kinyatta Marsalis (1971), and Jason Marsalis. Branford, Delfeayo, Jason and father Ellis are also jazz musicians. Ellis III is a poet, photographer, and network engineer based in Baltimore.
At age eight, Wynton performed traditional New Orleans music in the Fairview Baptist Church band led by banjoist Danny Barker, and at 14, he performed with the New Orleans Philharmonic. During high school, Marsalis performed with the New Orleans Symphony Brass Quintet, New Orleans Community Concert Band, New Orleans Youth Orchestra, New Orleans Symphony, various jazz bands and with a local funk band, the Creators.
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