Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis

Born

October 18, 1961 (Age: 63)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known For

Sound

Also Known As

Wynton L. Marsalis

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.