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.
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Moved to NYC in 1979 to attend Juilliard School for trumpet performance.
Toured Europe with Art Blakey's big band in 1980.
Toured with Herbie Hancock.
Established a quintet with brother Branford Marsalis in 1982.
Guest appearances on Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1986.
Hosted "Marsalis on Music" and "Making the Music" programs. Both programs received the George Foster Peabody Award in 1995.
Appeared in an iPod TV ad in 2006.
Director of the Juilliard Jazz Studies program.
Appointed A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University in 2015.
Worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra as a composer for modern classical music.
Composed a Violin Concerto in 2015 and a Tuba Concerto in 2021.
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