Wynton Marsalis
b. 1961
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First jazz artist to receive the Pulitzer Prize in music for his work Blood on the Fields * Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center * Big band leader in the tradition of Duke Ellington * Devoted advocate for the Arts and education * Hailed as the most outstanding jazz musician and trumpeter of his generation, as well as one of the world’s top classical trumpeters * Has garnered nine Grammy awards, France's Grand Prix du Disque, the Edison Award of the Netherlands, National Medal of Arts, named Musical America’s Musician of The Year and has been elected an honorary member of England's Royal Academy of Music
Works by Wynton Marsalis include:
All Rise (Symphony No. 1) (1999) for big band, gospel choir, and symphony orchestra
At the Octoroon Balls (1995) for string quartet
Blood on the Fields (1997) for jazz big band and 3 vocalists
Abyssinian 200: A Celebration (2008) for choir and jazz orchestra
Congo Square (2006) for jazz band and African ensemble
A Fiddler’s Tale (1998) for chamber ensemble and narrator
Two in 3 (2008) for jazz orchestra and symphony orchestra
Meeelaan (2000) for bassoon and string quartet
Wynton Marsalis' Official Website - www.wyntonmarsalis.org
Jazz at Lincoln Center Website - www.jalc.org
Looking Ahead: Wynton Marsalis combines spoken word and music to address the eternally mystifying relationship between a man and a woman in his forthcoming recording, He and She. Based on his own poetry, He and She is tempered with flashes of humor and sweet ruminations.
Wynton Marsalis He and She (Blue Note Records March, 24, 2009)
Wynton Marsalis He and She (Blue Note Records March, 24, 2009)
