Biography
Wynton Learson Marsalis 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 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 both jazz and classical during the same year.
Filmography
all 67
Movies 49
self 42
TV Shows 18
Wynton Marsalis
Hargrove (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
In a Different Key (2021)
Movie
Composer
Bolden (2019)
Movie
4.75
Self - Musician
Chasing Trane (2017)
Movie
Self - Musician
Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Music Arranger / Original Music Composer / Music Arranger
Prohibition (2011)
TV
6
Composer
Louis (2010)
Movie
Self - Trumpet, Vocals
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles (2009)
Movie
Self - Artistic Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)
Movie
Himself
The N Word (2006)
Movie
Self
Jazz (2001)
TV
6
Himself
Trumpet Kings (1999)
Movie
Composer
Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
Movie
Composer
Shannon's Deal (1989)
Movie
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GenderMale
Birthday1961-10-18 (63 years old)
Birth NameWynton Learson Marsalis
Birth PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, USA
FatherEllis Marsalis Jr.
SiblingsBranford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jason Marsalis
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWynton L. Marsalis
AwardsJames Parks Morton Interfaith Award, Pulitzer Prize for Music, National Humanities Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Harvard University, BBC Jazz Awards, Order of Friendship, NEA Jazz Masters
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