Wynton Marsalis
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Born October 18, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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. Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, and grew up in the suburb of Kenner. He is the second of six sons born to Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis Jr., a pianist and music teacher. He was named after jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Branford Marsalis is his older brother and Jason Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis are younger. All three are jazz musicians. While sitting at a table with trumpeters Al Hirt, Miles Davis, and Clark Terry, his father jokingly suggested that he might as well get Wynton a trumpet, too. Hirt volunteered to give him one, so at the age of six Marsalis received his first trumpet.
Filmography
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
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Jazz 100
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Hargrove
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Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
Self - musician
In a Different Key
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
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A World Without Beethoven?
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Find Your Groove
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Topowa! Never Give Up
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Motherless Brooklyn
Bolden
The Great American Read
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Chasing Trane
Self - Musician
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
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Jackie Robinson
Song of Lahore
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Brownie Speaks
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Concerto Ellington-Marsalis
VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.1
Self (archive footage)
Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
Prohibition
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
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On the Shoulders of Giants
Masterclass
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Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
Self - Trumpet and Vocals
Let Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
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Tootie's Last Suit
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Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
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Wynton Marsallis and JALC Orchestra - Congo Square
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Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
Self - Interviewee / Self - Musician
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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The N Word
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Iconoclasts
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
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Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
Campbell (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Real Time with Bill Maher
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The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
Self - trumpet
Wynton Marsalis - Blues & Swing
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It's Black Entertainment
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Jazz
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Soul Food
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The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
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Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
The Chris Rock Show
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Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
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Tony Bennett's New York
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The Daily Show
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Accent on the Offbeat
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Late Show with David Letterman
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
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A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
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Tune in Tomorrow...
Self - The Wynton Marsalis Band
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Self (archive footage)
Shannon's Deal
Charles Mingus: Epitaph
A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis
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Shannon's Deal
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
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Great Performances
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