Overview
Wynton Marsalis
Known For
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Chronicles the career of the titular Grammy Award-winning folk-pop singer-songwriter....
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
A film looking at the culture of New Orleans thru...
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
19-time Grammy Award-winner Tony Bennett's 90th birthday is celebrated by...
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.