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Wynton Marsalis
American jazz musician and educator.
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Wynton Marsalis is an American jazz musician and educator. Born on 18 October 1961 in New Orleans, Marsalis is 65.
Marsalis studied at Juilliard School and Benjamin Franklin High School. Honours include honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Pulitzer Prize for Music and honorary doctor of Harvard University, among 12 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 47 languages, Wynton Marsalis is No. 6,855 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 18 October 1961, New Orleans (age 65)
- Country
- United States
- Known as
- Composer, jazz trumpeter, bandleader
- Field
- Music
- Education
- Juilliard School, Benjamin Franklin High School
- Plays
- Trumpet
- Genres
- Jazz, blues, Dixieland jazz
- Labels
- Blue Note, Columbia Records
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 47
Did you know
18 Oct
Shares a birthday with Henri Bergson and Zhu Xi.
105
One of 105 people in the Index born in New Orleans, with Louis Armstrong.
47
Has a Wikipedia article in 47 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
Wynton Marsalis
- FatherEllis Marsalis Jr.
- SiblingBranford Marsalis
- SiblingDelfeayo Marsalis
2 have a profile here.
Honours and works
Awards
- Honorary doctor of the University of Miami1994
- Pulitzer Prize for Music1997
- Honorary doctor of Harvard University2009
- National Humanities Medal2015
- Global Citizen Awards2016
- Honorary doctor of University of Lyon-III2016
- Order of Friendship2017
- Ken Burns American Heritage Prize2020
- James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- NEA Jazz Masters
- BBC Jazz Awards
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