Wynton Marsalis | |
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![]() Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Seventh Annual Jazz Festival in 2009 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Wynton Learson Marsalis |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | October 18, 1961
Genres | Jazz, post-bop, mainstream, dixieland, classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator, artistic director |
Instrument | Trumpet |
Discography | Wynton Marsalis discography |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | Columbia, Sony, Blue Note, Marsalis Music |
Website | wyntonmarsalis |
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. Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the same year.
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