Wynton Marsalis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wynton Marsalis

American jazz musician

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1961

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Profession: composer, conductor, bandleader, trumpeter, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American virtuoso trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences.
Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammy Awards and his Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
He is the son of jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr.
(pianist), grandson of Ellis Marsalis Sr., and brother of Branford (saxophonist), Delfeayo (trombonist), and Jason (drummer).
Marsalis's son, Jasper Armstrong Marsalis, is a music producer known professionally as Slauson Malone.
Marsalis is the only musician to win a Grammy Award in jazz and classical during the same year.