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Wynton Marsalis is a trumpeter and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. He has been awarded nine Grammy Awards, and his "Blood on the Fields" was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
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Wynton Marsalis | |
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 Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Seventh Annual Jazz Festival in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Wynton Learson Marsalis |
| Born | October 18, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, classical, Dixieland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator, artistic director |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Sony, Blue Note, Marsalis Music |
| Associated acts | Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra |
| Website | wyntonmarsalis |
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