
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/18/1961
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also Known As
Wynton L. MarsalisWynton Learson Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
Biography
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 sub...
Known For

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Campbell (voice)

Tune in Tomorrow...
as Self - The Wynton Marsalis Band

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self

Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
as Self

A World Without Beethoven?
as Self

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self

Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
as Self

Hargrove
as Self

The N Word
as Self

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
as Self

Accent on the Offbeat
as Self

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)

On the Shoulders of Giants
Unknown Role

Find Your Groove
as Self

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self

Song of Lahore
as Self

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
as Self - Trumpet and Vocals

Tony Bennett's New York
as Self

Let Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
as Self