Wynton Marsalis
b. October 18, 1961
Beyond being a musician and composer, Wynton Marsalis is also a music teacher and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Honors -
9 Grammy Awards
Only musician to win a Grammy in jazz & classical categories in same year
Pulitzer Prize for Music - Blood on the Fields
National Medal of Arts
National Humanities Medal
NEA Jazz Master
UN Messenger of Peace (named in 2001)
7 million copies of albums sold worldwide
Wynton has toured 30 countries on all but one continent (being Antarctica)
Louis Armstrong Memorial Medal
Arts Education Medal
Inducted into the American Academy of Achievement
Honors in the Netherlands, France, Spain, and the UK
Honorary degrees from several prestigious universities
Wynton Marsalis discography - Wikipedia
Chris Botti honored Miles Davis. Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong are inspirations to Wynton. So much more could have been written in this entry but first admire his impressive honors and second enjoy a rather captivating live performance spotlighting only the best in the present day.
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