
Wynton Marsalis
Known for: Sound
Born: October 18, 1961
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…
Known for

Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
2011
Sessions at West 54th Vol.1
1997

Wynton Marsallis and JALC Orchestra - Congo Square
2008
Trumpet Kings
1999

Wynton Marsalis - Blues & Swing
2002

Accent on the Offbeat
1995

Let Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
2009

A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis
1989

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008

Topowa! Never Give Up
2020

Tootie's Last Suit
2009

Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
2009

A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
1991

VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.1
2013

Jazz 100
2023

Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
2008

In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022

The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
2003

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
1997

Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
2021

A World Without Beethoven?
2020

Song of Lahore
2015

Charles Mingus: Epitaph
1990
Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac
2018

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992

Tony Bennett's New York
1996

Hargrove
2022

Find Your Groove
2020

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999

Brownie Speaks
2014

Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
2006

A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016

On the Shoulders of Giants
2011

Chasing Trane
2017

The N Word
2006

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988

It's Black Entertainment
2002

Tune in Tomorrow...
1990

The Daily Show
1996

Soul Food
2000

Jazz
2001

Iconoclasts
2005

Masterclass
2010

The Chris Rock Show
1997

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

The Great American Read
2018

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical
2014

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

Great Performances
1971

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Show with David Letterman
1993