- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- October 18, 1961
- Place of Birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical categories in the same year. Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, and grew up in the suburb of Kenner. He is the second of six sons born to Dolores Ferdinand Marsalis and Ellis Marsalis Jr., a pianist and music teacher. He was named after jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Branford Marsalis is his older brother and Jason Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis are younger. All three are jazz musicians.…
Filmography
movieIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
2024 · Self
movieJazz 100
2023 · self
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self
movieHargrove
2022 · Self
movieUp From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
2021 · Self - musician
movieIn a Different Key
2021 · Original Music Composer
movieA Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
2020 · Self
movieA World Without Beethoven?
2020 · Self
movieFind Your Groove
2020 · Self
movieTopowa! Never Give Up
2020 · Self
movieMotherless Brooklyn
2019 · Musician
movieBolden
2019 · Original Music Composer, Executive Producer
Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac
movieWynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac
2018 · Self - Trumpet
tvThe Great American Read
2018 · Self
movieChasing Trane
2017 · Self - Musician
movieTony Bennett Celebrates 90
2016 · Self
tvJackie Robinson
2016 · Original Music Composer
movieSong of Lahore
2015 · Self
movieBrownie Speaks
2014 · Self
Sarah's Music: Contemporary Classical
tvSarah's Music: Contemporary Classical
2014 · Self
movieConcerto Ellington-Marsalis
2014 · Music
movieVA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.1
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieMan in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story
2012 · Music
tvProhibition
2011 · Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
movieWynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
2011 · Self, Producer
movieOn the Shoulders of Giants
2011
tvMasterclass
2010 · Self
movieWillie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
2009 · Self - Trumpet and Vocals
movieLet Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
2009 · Self
movieTootie's Last Suit
2009 · Self
movieWillie Nelson / Wynton Marsalis - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC
2008 · Musicien
movieWynton Marsallis and JALC Orchestra - Congo Square
2008 · Self
movieFaubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
2008 · Self - Interviewee / Self - Musician, Executive Producer
movieLive from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
2006 · Self
tvWhen the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006 · Self
movieThe N Word
2006 · Self
tvIconoclasts
2005 · Self
movieShelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005 · Self
movieScooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
2005 · Campbell (voice)
tvUnforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005 · Original Music Composer
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
movieThe Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
2003 · Self - trumpet
movieWynton Marsalis - Blues & Swing
2002 · Self
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self
tvJazz
2001 · Self
tvSoul Food
2000 · Self
Trumpet Kings
movieTrumpet Kings
1999 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
1999 · Self
movieSugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
1998 · Original Music Composer
Sessions at West 54th Vol.1
movieSessions at West 54th Vol.1
1997 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Chris Rock Show
1997 · Self
movieCharles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
1997 · Self
movieTony Bennett's New York
1996 · Self
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieAccent on the Offbeat
1995 · Self
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self
movieSatchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
1992 · Self
movieA Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
1991 · Self
movieTune in Tomorrow...
1990 · Self - The Wynton Marsalis Band, Original Music Composer
movieSesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Self (archive footage)
tvShannon's Deal
1990 · Music
movieCharles Mingus: Epitaph
1990
movieA Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis
1989 · Self
movieShannon's Deal
1989 · Music
movieSesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self