Wynton Marsalis

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bandleader classical musician composer human jazz musician trumpeter

Wynton Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader renowned for his virtuosity in both jazz and classical music and for serving as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Aliases (3)

Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center ×1
Marsalis ×1
Wynton ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader → classical musician → composer → human → jazz musician → trumpeter →
awardReceived	Grammy Award → Grand Prix du Disque → Louisiana Music Hall of Fame induction → National Medal of Arts → Pulitzer Prize for Music →
childOf	Ellis Marsalis Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1961-10-18 →
educatedAt	Juilliard School →
employer	Jazz at Lincoln Center →
familyName	Marsalis →
genre	classical music → jazz →
givenName	Wynton →
instrument	trumpet →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Marsalis family →
movement	neoclassical jazz →
name	Wynton Marsalis →
notableAchievement	First jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for "Blood on the Fields" →
notableWork	Black Codes (From the Underground) → Blood on the Fields → Citi Movement (Griot New York) → In This House, On This Morning → Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 → Standard Time series → Think of One → Wynton Marsalis (debut album) →
occupation	bandleader → composer → educator → trumpeter →
placeOfBirth	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States →
positionHeld	Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center → Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center →
recordLabel	Blue Note Records → Columbia Records → Sony Classical →
residence	New York City →
sibling	Branford Marsalis → Delfeayo Marsalis → Jason Marsalis →

Referenced by (14)

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Have You Met Miss Jones? → Where or When →	hasNotableRecordingBy
Super Bowl XX →	anthemPerformer
Wynton Marsalis ("Marsalis") →	familyName
Wynton Marsalis ("Wynton") →	givenName
Juilliard School →	hasAlumni
Juilliard School →	hasFaculty
West End Blues →	hasInfluencedArtist
Dizzy Gillespie →	influenced
Wynton Marsalis →	name
Bobby McFerrin →	notableCollaboration
Jazz in Marciac →	notablePerformer
National Humanities Medal →	notableRecipient
Wynton Marsalis ("Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center") →	positionHeld