Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

  • Wynton Marsalis - NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 07:  Musician John Legend attends the Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play The Blues post performance dinner at Roseland Ballroom on April 7, 2011 in New York City.
  • Wynton Marsalis - NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09:  Musician Wynton Marsalis is honored during the The National Arts Club's Gold Medal of Honor for Music presentation at The National Arts Club on March 9, 2011 in New York City.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US trumpet player Wynton Marsalis (L) and Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez (2-R) walk with Buenavista Social Club's singer Omara Portuondo (C), after a press conference, on October 4, 2010, in Havana. Marsalis and the Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra will offer five concerts in a theater of Havana as part of a cultural exchange between US and Cuban musicians.
  • Wynton Marsalis - Cuban pianist Chucho Valdez (L) speaks next to US trumpet player Wynton Marsalis (R) during a press conference, on October 4, 2010, in Havana. Marsalis and the Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra will offer five concerts in a theater of Havana as part of a cultural exchange between US and Cuban musicians.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US trumpet player Wynton Marsalis attends a press conference, on October 4, 2010, in Havana. Marsalis and the Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra will offer five concerts in a theater of Havana as part of a cultural exchange between US and Cuban musicians.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US trumpet player Wynton Marsalis speaks during a press conference, on October 4, 2010, in Havana. Marsalis and the Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra will offer five concerts in a theater of Havana as part of a cultural exchange between US and Cuban musicians.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis (L) receives the French Legion of Honor from US French Ambassador Pierre Vimont during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis (L) shares a light moment with actor Bill Cosby before receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis awaits to perform after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis awaits to perform after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - US Jazz music player Wynton Marsalis performs after receiving the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony in New York, November 06, 2009.
  • Wynton Marsalis - NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Musician Wynton Marsalis performs at a tribute to the late television journalist Walter Cronkite on September 9, 2009 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Numerous dignitaries attended the morning memorial service for the former CBS anchorman who died in July.
The most famous jazz musician since 1980, Wynton Marsalis made a major impact on jazz almost from the start. In the early '80s, it was major news that a young and very talented black musician would choose to make a living playing acoustic jazz rather than fusion, funk, or R&B. Marsalis' arrival on the scene started the "Young Lions" movement and resulted in major labels (most of whom had shown no ...more