Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis
Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Seventh Annual Jazz Festival in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Wynton Learson Marsalis
Born	(1961-10-18) October 18, 1961 (age 62) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, post-bop, mainstream, dixieland, classical
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, educator, artistic director
Instrument(s)	Trumpet
Discography	Wynton Marsalis discography
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Columbia, Sony, Blue Note, Marsalis Music
Website	wyntonmarsalis.org

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.