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| Birth name | Wynton Learson Marsalis |
| Born | October 18, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Classical, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pedagogue, trumpeter |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Label(s) | Columbia, Sony |
| Associated acts | English Chamber Orchestra, Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra |
| Website | www.WyntonMarsalis.com |
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Marsalis has made his reputation with a combination of skill in jazz performance and composition, a sophisticated yet earthy and hip personal style, an impressive knowledge of jazz and jazz history, and skill as a virtuoso classical trumpeter. Hip is a Slang term meaning fashionably current and in the know. As of 2006, he has made sixteen classical and more than thirty jazz recordings, has been awarded nine Grammys between the genres, and has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first time it has been awarded for a jazz recording. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Pulitzer Prize for Music was first awarded in 1943 Joseph Pulitzer did not call for such a prize in his will but had arranged for a music scholarship to be awarded
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Biography
Marsalis (pronounced: mär-SAHL-ĭs) was born to Dolores Ferdinand and Ellis Marsalis, Jr. He was the second of six sons: Branford, Wynton, Ellis, III (1964), Delfeayo, Mboya Kinyatta (1971), and Jason. Ellis Marsalis (born November 14, 1934, New Orleans LA) is an American Musician. Branford Marsalis ( August 26, 1960, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American Saxophonist, Composer and Delfeayo Marsalis (Born July 28, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Jazz trombonist and Record producer Jason Marsalis ( March 4, 1977, New Orleans Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer and member of the famous New Orleans Marsalis jazz Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason are also jazz musicians. Ellis is a poet, photographer, & network engineer based in Baltimore. Mboya has autism.
His dad Ellis, a music teacher and pianist, is a longtime fixture on the New Orleans jazz scene, and several of Wynton's brothers, particularly saxophonist Branford Marsalis, trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, and drummer Jason Marsalis, are also notable musicians. Branford Marsalis ( August 26, 1960, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American Saxophonist, Composer and Delfeayo Marsalis (Born July 28, 1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American Jazz trombonist and Record producer Jason Marsalis ( March 4, 1977, New Orleans Louisiana) is an American jazz drummer and member of the famous New Orleans Marsalis jazz
At an early age, Marsalis exhibited a keen interest and aptitude in music, coupled with a strong desire to contribute to American culture. At age six, Marsalis was given his first trumpet by a friend of his father, the legendary Al Hirt. Alois Maxwell Hirt (November 7 1922 – April 27 1999 was an American Trumpeter and Bandleader. At age eight he performed traditional New Orleans music in the Fairview Baptist Church band led by legendary banjoist, Danny Barker. Danny Barker ( 13 January 1909 &ndash 13 March, 1994) born Daniel Moses Barker, was a Jazz Banjoist, Singer At fourteen he was invited to perform with the New Orleans Philharmonic. During his high school years attending Benjamin Franklin High School, Marsalis was a member of the New Orleans Symphony Brass Quintet, New Orleans Community Concert Band, under the direction of Peter Dombourian, New Orleans Youth Orchestra, New Orleans Symphony and on weekends he performed in a jazz band as well as in the popular local funk band, the Creators. This article is about the Franklin High School in Louisiana For others of a similar name see Franklin High School (disambiguation Benjamin Peter Mampreh Dombourian ( March 24 1920 - January 13 1992) neé Mampreh Bedros Dombourian was active in musical circles in New Orleans Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul
He moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School of Music in 1978 and quickly garnered a lot of attention. The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory.
Two years later in 1980, he joined the Jazz Messengers to study under master drummer and bandleader, Art Blakey. Arthur (Art Blakey ( October 11 1919 &ndash October 16 1990) born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was from Blakey that Marsalis acquired his concept for bandleading and for bringing intensity to each and every performance. In 1981, Marsalis toured with the Herbie Hancock quartet throughout the USA and Japan, as well as performing at the Newport Jazz Festival with Herbie. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport Rhode Island, USA. In the years to follow, Marsalis was invited to perform with Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry Edison, Clark Terry, Sonny Rollins, and other countless jazz legends. Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed " Sassy " and " The Divine One ") ( March 27 1924, &ndash April John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison ( October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was born in Columbus Ohio. Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920) nicknamed Mumbles, is a Grammy Award-winning American swing and bop Trumpeter, a Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7 1930 in New York City) is an American Jazz tenor Saxophonist
| I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel listening to it – Wynton Marsalis |
Marsalis eventually assembled his own band and hit the road, performing over 120 concerts every year for ten consecutive years. His objective was to learn how to play, and to comprehend how best to give to his audience. Through an exhaustive series of performances, lectures, and music workshops, Marsalis rekindled widespread interest in an art form that had been largely abandoned and redefined out of what he saw as its artistic substance. Marsalis invested his creative energy as an advocate for a relatively small era in the history of jazz. He garnered recognition for the older generation of jazz musicians and prompted the re-issuance of jazz catalog by record companies worldwide. A quick glance at the better known jazz musicians today reveals many students of Marsalis's workshops and members of his formations: James Carter, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Harry Connick, Jr., Nicholas Payton, Eric Reed and Eric Lewis. James (Larry Carter (born January 3 1969) is an American Jazz Musician. Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972, Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Jazz Bassist. Roy A Hargrove (born October 16 1969) is an American Jazz Trumpeter and founding member of the RH factor Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, Nicholas Payton (born September 26, 1973) is a Neo-bop jazz Trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana. Eric Reed, (born June 21, 1970) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American Jazz pianist and composer Eric Lewis, born May 13, 1973 in Camden New Jersey is an American jazz pianist
Not content to focus solely on his musicianship, Marsalis devoted equal time to developing his compositional skills. Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new The dance community quickly embraced his works, and he received commissions to create major compositions for Garth Fagan Dance, Peter Martins at the New York City Ballet, Twyla Tharp for the American Ballet Theatre, and for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Gawain Garth Fagan CD (born 3 May 1940) is a Jamaican Modern dance Choreographer. See also Peter Martins (born October 27, 1946) is a Danish Ballet Dancer and Choreographer. New York State Theater by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|300px| New York State Theater]] New York City Ballet ( NYCB) is a Ballet company founded in 1948 by Twyla Tharp (born July 1 1941) is a American Dancer and Choreographer. See also American Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century Alvin Ailey Jr ( January 5, 1931 &ndash December 1, 1989) was an American Modern dancer and Choreographer
Marsalis collaborated with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1995 to compose the string quartet, At The Octoroon Balls, and again in 1998 to create a response to the Stravinsky: A Soldier's Tale with his composition, A Fiddler's Tale. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS is an American organization dedicated to the performance and promotion of Chamber music. Quadroon, octoroon and more rarely quintroon were historically racial categories of Hypodescent used in Latin America and parts of the 19th Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Histoire du soldat (sometimes written L'histoire du soldat; translated as The Soldier's Tale or A Soldier's Tale
In 1997 he became the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, for his epic oratorio, Blood on the Fields, on the subject of slavery. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Blood on the Fields is a three and half hour jazz " Oratorio," although he did not use this term by Wynton Marsalis. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
In 2006, Marsalis' US$833,686 annual salary as Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center drew negative attention in an article published by Reader's Digest magazine regarding overspending by non-profit organizations. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Jazz at Lincoln Center 2 by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|Peter Jay Sharp arcade]] Jazz at Lincoln Center (JLC is a constituent of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc [1][2] Marsalis has never been married but has two sons with Candace Stanley and another son with actress Victoria Rowell.
Musical accomplishments
As a composer and performer, Marsalis is also represented on a quartet of Sony Classical releases, At the Octoroon Balls: String Quartet No. 1, A Fiddler's Tale, Reel Time and Sweet Release and Ghost Story: Two More Ballets by Wynton Marsalis. All are volumes of an eight-CD series, titled Swinging Into The 21st, that is an unprecedented set of albums released in the past year featuring a remarkable scope of original compositions and standards, from jazz to classical to ballet, by composers from Jelly Roll Morton to Igor Stravinsky to Thelonious Monk, in addition to Marsalis. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton ( ca September 20, 1885 or October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer.
At the Octoroon Balls features the world-premiere recording of Marsalis's first string quartet, performed by the Orion Quartet. The work was commissioned by Lincoln Center, and its premiere by the Orion Quartet in 1995 was presented in conjunction with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. It has subsequently been recorded by the Harlem Quartet. A Fiddler's Tale, also commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for Marsalis/Stravinsky, a joint project of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Jazz At Lincoln Center, is work with narration about a musician who sells her soul to a record producer. It was premiered on April 23, 1998, at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A version without narration was included on the album At the Octoroon Balls: String Quartet No. 1. Reeltime is Marsalis's score for the acclaimed John Singleton film Rosewood. This original music, featuring vocal performances by best-selling artists Cassandra Wilson and Shirley Caesar, was never used in the film. Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American Jazz musician vocalist songwriter and producer from Jackson Mississippi. Shirley Caesar (born October 13, 1938 in Durham North Carolina) is an American Gospel music singer Marsalis also provided the score for the 1990 film Tune in Tomorrow, in which he also makes a cameo appearance as a New Orleans trumpeter with his band. Tune In Tomorrow is a 1990 film comedy directed by John Amiel. Sweet Release and Ghost Story offers another world premiere recording of two original ballet scores by Marsalis, written for and premiered by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Zhong Mei Dance Company, both in New York City.
As an exclusive classical artist for Sony Classical, Marsalis has won critical acclaim for the recording In Gabriel's Garden (SK/ST 66244), featuring Baroque music for trumpet and orchestra. It includes performances of the Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 and Mouret: Rondeau, a video of which has been adopted as the new theme for PBS Masterpiece Theatre. The San Francisco Examiner wrote, "Marsalis continues to define great music making…[the pieces] are all articulated with dazzling clarity and enthusiasm. " The album features the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Newman, and was produced by Steven Epstein. The English Chamber Orchestra is a Chamber orchestra based in London. Anthony Newman (born November 21, 1965 in Bellingham Washington) is a retired American football Defensive back for the NFL
Criticism
Marsalis's strongly held views regarding the roots of jazz and its development have generated some negative appraisals from jazz critics and fellow musicians. Down Beat magazine's online website says of Marsalis:
For many, Wynton Marsalis saved pure jazz from a morass of pop fusion and noise. Down Beat is an American Magazine devoted to "jazz blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively Others contend that the trumpeter instilled a regressive notion of the jazz tradition. This debate, not to mention his instrumental proficiency and compositional ambition, has made him one of the most prominent and controversial jazz musicians of the 1980s and 1990s.
Critic Scott Yanow praises Marsalis's talent, but has questioned his "selective knowledge of jazz history considering post-1965 avant-garde playing to be outside of jazz and 1970s fusion to be barren. Scott Yanow (born 4 October 1954 in New York) is an American Jazz commentator For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly "[3] Trumpeter Lester Bowie opined of Marsalis's traditionalism, "If you retread what's gone before, even if it sounds like jazz, it could be anathema to the spirit of jazz. Lester Bowie ( 11 October 1941 &ndash 8 November 1999) was an American Jazz Trumpet player and Composer. "[4] In his 1997 book Blue: The Murder of Jazz Eric Nisenson argues that Marsalis's focus on a narrow portion of jazz's past is stifling the music's growth and preventing any further innovation. Eric Nisenson ( February 12, 1946 - August 15, 2003) was an American author and Jazz historian [5]
Pierre Sprey, president of jazz record company Mapleshade Records, declares that "When Marsalis was nineteen, he was a fine jazz trumpeter . Mapleshade Records is an American Jazz record label Mapleshade was founded in 1989 by Pierre Sprey who had been recording since 1986 . . But he was getting his tail beat off every night in Art Blakey's band. I don't think he could keep up. And finally he retreated to safe waters. He's a good classical trumpeter and thus he sees jazz as being a classical Music. He has no clue what's going on now. "[6]
From nearly the beginning of Marsalis' career, he occasionally butted heads with trumpeter Miles Davis, one of the leading names in jazz since the '40s. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. In his autobiography[7] Davis expressed disapproval of the heavy promotion afforded Marsalis by Columbia Records' George Butler, citing it as a factor in his leaving the record label after four decades. George Butler (September 2 1931 - April 9, 2008) was a prominent American Jazz Record producer, executive and A&R man. Additionally, Davis described Marsalis as good trumpeter and "a nice young man, only confused" due to what Davis saw as his being over-praised by traditionalist jazz critics:
What makes it so bad is that Wynton is listening to all their shit and believing them. If he keeps on, they're going to fuck him up. They even got him putting down his own brother for playing the music he wants to play [his brother Branford Marsalis performed with pop acts like Sting, Tina Turner, the Grateful Dead, Public Enemy and others]. Branford Marsalis ( August 26, 1960, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American Saxophonist, Composer and Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an eight time Grammy Award -winning American The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Ken Burns' Jazz
Marsalis has also been criticized for his role in the Ken Burns documentary Jazz, which promoted a classicist view of jazz similar to the views of Marsalis himself. Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29 1953) is an American director and producer of Documentary films known for his style of making use of archival Jazz A Film By Ken Burns is a documentary Miniseries directed by Ken Burns. The documentary focused primarily on Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong among others, while failing to mention jazz artists from the period Marsalis views as barren. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter
The documentary also angered many with subjective statements, often from Marsalis, about the comparative complexity, popularity, and general worth of the music of a wide variety of artists.
As artistic director and co-producer of the project, Marsalis bore the brunt of the criticism of the nonetheless highly acclaimed series, which to many embodied the exclusive, classicist view of jazz for which Marsalis is known. Critic David Adler has suggested this production role was a clear conflict of interest with his high onscreen profile: "Wynton's coronation in the film is not merely biased. David Adler ( January 3, 1882 in Milwaukee Wisconsin – September 27, 1949 in Libertyville Illinois) was a prolific It is not just aesthetically grating. It is unethical, given his integral role in the making of the very film that is praising him to the heavens. "[8]
Political activism
New Orleans
| You have the conception of New Orleans jazz: group improvisation, cooperative ensemble playing, which functions exactly like a democracy. Which means each person has the right to play what they want to play, but the responsibility to play something that makes everybody else sound good. − Wynton Marsalis |
Marsalis emerged as one of the most notable New Orleans civic leaders in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States In a number of public speeches and television ads, he tried to increase public awareness of the importance of rebuilding New Orleans. Marsalis also urged people to visit Louisiana as soon as possible. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America
Marsalis organized a large benefit at Jazz at Lincoln Center for musicians and other New Orleaneans affected by Hurricane Katrina. Jazz at Lincoln Center 2 by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|Peter Jay Sharp arcade]] Jazz at Lincoln Center (JLC is a constituent of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc The benefit, called Higher Ground, featured many famous musicians, both traditional and contemporary, such as Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Norah Jones, Victor Goines, Herbie Hancock, and McCoy Tyner and in 2007 R&B star, Fantasia. Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American Jazz musician vocalist songwriter and producer from Jackson Mississippi. Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian Jazz Pianist and Singer. Dianne Reeves (born 23 October 1956) is an American Jazz singer known more for her live performances than her albums Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979) is an American Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Keyboardist Victor Goines (born 1961 in New Orleans Louisiana) is a Jazz Saxophonist and Clarinetist. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane
Marsalis was one of the participants in Movie Director Spike Lee's documentary When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20 1957 is an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated American Film director, When the Levees Broke A Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 Documentary film directed by Spike Lee about the devastation of New Orleans
In the New Orleans mayoral campaign of 2006, Marsalis endorsed Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu over mayor Ray Nagin. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Mitchell Joseph Landrieu (born August 16, 1960) is the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. Clarence Ray Nagin Jr (ˈneɪgɨn (born June 11, 1956) is the Mayor of New Orleans. Both candidates were Democratic party members. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Nagin was reelected on the second ballot runoff.
International politics
Marsalis has helped raise awareness of Aung San Suu Kyi and human rights violations in Burma through concerts working with the Freedom Campaign and the US Campaign for Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi ( àunsʰánsṵtʃì born 19 June 1945 in Rangoon, is a pro- Democracy activist and leader of the National League for Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The Freedom Campaign is a joint venture of the Human Rights Action Center and US Campaign for Burma non-profit organizations The United States Campaign for Burma (USCB is a US-based membership organization dedicated to empowering Grassroots Activists around the world to bring about an Past music events have also included R.E.M., Damien Rice, and the the Black Eyed Peas. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Damien Aonghus Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish folk Singer. The Black Eyed Peas is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles.
Awards and recognition
Marsalis and his brother Branford are former Life Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America. The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA) is the largest youth organization in the United States with over five million [9]Marsalis has been awarded the 2005 National Medal of Arts of the United States, the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy and the Edison Award of the Netherlands, and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain. Events 30 September - Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts The United States of America —commonly referred to as the L'Académie Charles Cros, the French equivalent of the US Recording Academy, is named in honor of Charles Cros. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a well known conservatoire and one of the leading music institutions in the world The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He has received several honorary doctoral degrees, and a variety of other recognitions from Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, Denison University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Princeton University, the University of Miami, Southern Methodist University(SMU) and Yale University. A doctorate is an Academic degree that indicates the highest level of academic achievement Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Brown University is a highly esteemed private University located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Denison University is a private residential liberal arts and Sciences College in Granville Ohio, approximately 30 miles (50 km east of Haverford College is a highly selective private, Coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb The Manhattan School of Music is a Music conservatory located in New York City that offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave [10]
Marsalis has toured 30 countries on every continent except Antarctica, and nearly five million copies of his recordings have been sold worldwide. As of 2006, United Artists is considering releasing a feature film biopic on Marsalis, with Will Smith widely purported to be in consideration for the role. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group.
Accolades
- Johns Hopkins University - George Peabody Medal
- Royal Academy of Music - Honorary Member
- Teachers College, Columbia University - Medal for Distinguished Service
- Southern Methodist University(SMU) - Algur H. Meadows Award For Excellence in the Arts[11]
Music Awards
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
- 1983 Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
- 1984 Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children
- 2000 Listen to the Storyteller
Discography
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References
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- ^ Jeffrey St. Clair (28 February 2001). Now, That's Not Jazz. Gerry Hemingway. Retrieved on 2007-02-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor
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- ^ Interview with Mr. Marsalis after a performance in Davis, CA
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- ^ Recipients Of The Algur H. Meadows Award For Excellence In The Arts
- The Music of Black Americans: A History. Eileen Southern. Eileen Jackson Southern (1920 in Minneapolis – October 13 2002 in Port Charlotte Florida) was an African American Musicologist, researcher W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. ISBN 0-393-97141-4
External links
- Wynton Marsalis Official website
- Wynton Marsalis at the Sony website
- Wynton Marsalis jazz instruction
- Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center
- Wynton Marsalis at the Internet Movie Database
- Wynton Marsalis post Katrina Tulane University Speech
- 2002 feature by Tom Meek, The Gainesville Sun. Tom Meek (born 1956 is a Columnist and author of "Another Day In Cyberville" published weekly in The Gainesville Voice a New York Times regional newspaper The Gainesville Sun ( is a Newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central
- Bio and photo of Wynton Marsalis — Crain's New York Business 40 under 40 — 1998
- USA Today Q&A
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