First Name |
Wynton
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Last Name |
Marsalis
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Full Name at Birth |
Wynton Learson Marsalis
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Birthday |
18th October, 1961
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Birthplace |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Build |
Large
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Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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Hair Color |
Black
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Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Ethnicity |
Black
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Nationality |
American
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High School |
Benjamin Franklin High School
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University |
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Juilliard School of Music
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Occupation Text |
Musician
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Occupation |
Jazz Musician
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Music Genre (Text) |
Jazz, post-bop, jazz poetry, classical, Baroque, avant-garde Jazz, Big Band, Dixieland Jazz, Funk, jazz-Funk, jazz fusion, third stream, Big Band Jazz, Dixieland
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Music Genre |
Jazz
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Year(s) Active |
1980–present
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Music Style |
Neo-Bop, Post-Bop, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz, Classical
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Music Mood |
Elegant, Sophisticated, Intimate, Amiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Refined/Mannered, Playful, Sentimental, Passionate, Freewheeling, Complex, Energetic, Elaborate, Stately, Wry, Earnest, Literate, Stylish, Visceral, Exuberant, Aggressive, Producer
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Instrument |
Trumpet, Arranger, Composer, Leader, Flugelhorn
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Instrument (text) |
Trumpet, cornet, flumpet, flugelhorn
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Record Label |
Columbia, Sony, Blue Note, Marsalis Music
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Associated Acts |
English Chamber Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
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Official Websites |
http://www.wyntonmarsalis.com/, http://wyntonmarsalis.com/, http://www.wyntonmarsalis.com, http://wyntonmarsalis.org
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Father |
Ellis Marsalis, Jr. (pianist)
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Mother |
Dolores
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Brother |
Branford Marsalis (saxophonist), Delfaeyo Marsalis (trombonist), Jason Marsalis (drummer), Mboya
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Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) 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 at least 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 jazz and classical during the same year.