Wynton Marsalis
Name
Wynton Marsalis
Bio
Wynton Marsalis is a world-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and a leading advocate of American culture. He presently serves as Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School, and President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation.
Marsalis has been called the “Pied Piper” of jazz and the “Doctor of Swing.” Since his recording debut in 1982, he has released 127 jazz, classical and alternative recordings and won many awards, from a home cooked meal to honors that require a tuxedo. He regularly performs in the most prestigious concert halls and is known to play until all hours of the morning in the most inconspicuous local clubs. From the very beginning of his career, education has been vital to his mission. He has taught and mentored a voluminous number of musicians who have gone on to play, teach and advocate in their own brilliant ways. Through these relationships Marsalis has ensured that the legacy of jazz music will continue to propagate for generations to come.
Marsalis’ original compositions stand on their own as groundbreaking feats in the world of music. His contributions to the classical and jazz canons are significant, and many of which are genre-bending. Marsalis has composed 607 original songs and movements across genres. His original work includes (but is not limited to) eight ballet and modern dance scores, two chamber pieces, two string quartets, a bassoon quartet, a fanfare, a mass, four symphonies, 13 original suites, a jazz oratorio, and concertos for violin, tuba, and most recently, trumpet.
Marsalis has been called the “Pied Piper” of jazz and the “Doctor of Swing.” Since his recording debut in 1982, he has released 127 jazz, classical and alternative recordings and won many awards, from a home cooked meal to honors that require a tuxedo. He regularly performs in the most prestigious concert halls and is known to play until all hours of the morning in the most inconspicuous local clubs. From the very beginning of his career, education has been vital to his mission. He has taught and mentored a voluminous number of musicians who have gone on to play, teach and advocate in their own brilliant ways. Through these relationships Marsalis has ensured that the legacy of jazz music will continue to propagate for generations to come.
Marsalis’ original compositions stand on their own as groundbreaking feats in the world of music. His contributions to the classical and jazz canons are significant, and many of which are genre-bending. Marsalis has composed 607 original songs and movements across genres. His original work includes (but is not limited to) eight ballet and modern dance scores, two chamber pieces, two string quartets, a bassoon quartet, a fanfare, a mass, four symphonies, 13 original suites, a jazz oratorio, and concertos for violin, tuba, and most recently, trumpet.
