Wynton Marsalis
Sound
Born: 1961-10-18 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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
🎬 Movies (30)
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024
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Jazz 100
2023
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Hargrove
2022
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
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Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
2021
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In a Different Key
2021
Original Music Composer
Find Your Groove
2020
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A World Without Beethoven?
2020
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Topowa! Never Give Up
2020
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A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020
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Bolden
2019
Executive Producer
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
Musician
Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac
2018
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Chasing Trane
2017
Self - Musician
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016
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Song of Lahore
2015
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Brownie Speaks
2014
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Concerto Ellington-Marsalis
2014
Music
VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.1
2013
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Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
2012
Music
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
2011
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On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
2009
Self - Trumpet and Vocals
Let Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
2009
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Tootie's Last Suit
2009
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Wynton Marsallis and JALC Orchestra - Congo Square
2008
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Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008
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Willie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
2008
Musicien
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
2006
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The N Word
2006
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📺 TV Shows (19)
The Great American Read
2018
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Jackie Robinson
2016
Original Music Composer
Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical
2014
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Prohibition
2011
Original Music Composer
Masterclass
2010
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006
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Iconoclasts
2005
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005
Original Music Composer
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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Jazz
2001
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Soul Food
2000
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The Chris Rock Show
1997
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The Daily Show
1996
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Late Show with David Letterman
1993
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
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Shannon's Deal
1990
Music
Saturday Night Live
1975
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Le Grand Échiquier
1972
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Great Performances
1971
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