Wynton Marsalis

American jazz musician and educator

Born: 18 October 1961
New Orleans
Country: United States
Active: 1980–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Blue Note, Sony Classical, Marsalis Music
Discography: 72 albums

Biography

Wynton Marsalis is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Wynton Marsalis was born on 18 October 1961 in New Orleans. The music is usually filed under jazz, blues and classical music. Record labels: Columbia Records, Blue Note, Sony Classical and Marsalis Music. The discography here lists 72 albums, from “Live at Bubba’s Jazz Restaurant” (1981) to “The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong” (2026). Honours include honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1994), Pulitzer Prize for Music (1997) and honorary doctor of Harvard University (2009).

Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, music instructor, and 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 1997 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.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Live at Bubba’s Jazz Restaurant 1981 · Live · Kingdom Jazz Wynton Marsalis 1982 · Columbia First Recordings 1983 · Live · Kingdom Jazz Think of One 1983 · CBS Baroque Music for Trumpets 1984 · CBS Records Masterworks Hot House Flowers 1984 · CBS Black Codes (From the Underground) 1985 · Columbia The All American Hero 1985 · Who's Who In Jazz J Mood 1986 · Columbia Carnaval 1987 · CBS Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 1987 · Columbia Crescent City Christmas Card 1989 · Columbia The Majesty of the Blues 1989 · Columbia Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance 1990 · CBS Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Volume 3 1991 · Columbia Standard Time, Volume 2: Intimacy Calling 1991 · Columbia Thick in the South: Soul Gestures In Southern Blue, Volume 1 1991 · Columbia Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Volume 2 1991 · Columbia

Time Will Tell 1992 · Live

Gypsy 1993 · Point Productions On the Twentieth Century 1993 · Sony Classical Resolution to Swing 1993 · Columbia Joe Cool's Blues 1995 · Columbia The Jazz Masters - 100 Años De Swing 1996 · Folio Collection Blood on the Fields 1997 · Columbia Jump Start and Jazz 1997 · Sony Classical Standard Time, Volume 5: The Midnight Blues 1998 Wynton Marsalis 1998 · Live · Pulse A Fiddler's Tale 1999 · Sony Classical At the Octoroon Balls 1999 · Sony Classical Big Train 1999 · SME Records Jody 1999 · Giants of Jazz Listen to the Storyteller: A Trio of Musical Tales from Around the World 1999 · Sony Classical Reeltime 1999 · Sony Classical Standard Time, Volume 4: Marsalis Plays Monk 1999 · Sony Classical Standard Time, Volume 6: Mr. Jelly Lord 1999 · Sony Classical Sweet Release & Ghost Story 1999 Wynton 1999 · inak Jazz Essentials: The All American Hero 2000 · Live · Point Blakey's Theme 2001 · West Wind Moanin' 2001 · Live · Past Perfect Silver Line Round 'Bout Midnight 2001 · Live Trumpet Concertos 2001 · Sony Classical All Rise 2002 · Sony Classical Unforgivable Blackness 2004 Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers 2005 · Live · Who's Who In Jazz Live at the House of Tribes 2005 · Live · Blue Note From the Plantation to the Penitentiary 2007 · Blue Note Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale / Marsalis: Meeelaan 2007 · Camerata Tokyo Inc. Take the A Train 2007 · WhitePineMusic Congo Square 2008 · Shanachie Tune In Tomorrow… 2008 · Wounded Bird Records Two Men With the Blues 2008 · Live · Blue Note Christmas Jazz Jam 2009 · Somerset Entertainment He and She 2009 · Blue Note Play the Blues: Live From Jazz at Lincoln Center 2011 · Live The Music of America 2012 · Masterworks Jazz The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis 2013 · Legacy Together Again: Live in Concert 2013 The Abyssinian Mass 2016 · Blue Engine Records Bolden: Music From the Original Soundtrack 2019 · Blue Engine Records Jazz for Kids 2019 · Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite 2019 · Decca Classics Blues Symphony 2021 · Blue Engine Records

Live In Emeryville 1992 2023 · Live

Plays Louis Armstrong's - Hot Fives - Hot Sevens 2023 · Jazz At Lincoln Center Symphony No.4 2023 · Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. Symphony no. 4 "The Jungle" 2023 · Blue Engine Records Blues Symphony 2025 · Pentatone Let Freedom Swing 2026 · Blue Engine Records The Wonderful Word of Louis Armstrong 2026 · Blue Engine Records

Wynton Marsalis Plays Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, and Molter

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Albums where Wynton Marsalis is credited as a sideman

1982	Destiny's Dance — Chico Freeman	trumpet
1991	Once More… With Feeling — Doc Severinsen & The Tonight Show Band	performer
1992	Live at "Pit Inn" Tokyo Japan — Elvin Jones	arranger
1992	I Heard You Twice the First Time — Branford Marsalis	trumpet
1992	Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn — Joe Henderson	trumpet
1992	Here’s to Life — Shirley Horn	trumpet
1995	Tangence — J.J. Johnson, The Robert Farnon Orchestra	trumpet
1995	Family — Roy Hargrove	trumpet
1996	To Ella With Love — Ann Hampton Callaway	trumpet
1997	Liberty! — Mark O’Connor with Yo‐Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis & James Taylor	trumpet
1997	Leo Rising — Frank Foster	liner notes
1998	Jazz 'Round Midnight — Shirley Horn	trumpet
1999	Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool — Tony Bennett	trumpet
1999	Citizen Tain — Jeffrey Watts	trumpet
2001	30 — Harry Connick, Jr.	piano, trumpet
2004	Plays the Music of Duke Ellington — The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	trumpet
2005	Easy Living — Ann Hampton Callaway	trumpet
2005	Signature — Ann Hampton Callaway	trumpet
2009	Your Songs — Harry Connick, Jr.	trumpet
2010	Clapton — Eric Clapton	trumpet
2010	Vitoria Suite — Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis feat. Paco de Lucía	trumpet
2013	Every Man Should Know — Harry Connick, Jr.	trumpet
2015	Big Band Holidays — Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	producer, trumpet
2017	The Music of John Lewis — The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis featuring Jon Batiste	trumpet
2020	Rock Chalk Suite — Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	trumpet

Analysed solos by Wynton Marsalis

Johnny Come Latelytrumpet · 245 BPM · G-min · 03.-08.09.1991
U.M.M.G.trumpet · 221 BPM · Db-maj · 03.-08.09.1991
You're My Everythingtrumpet · 138 BPM · B-maj · 1990
April in Paristrumpet · 154 BPM · C-maj · 29.-30.5.1986, 24.-25.9.1986
Caravantrumpet · 197 BPM · C-maj · 29.-30.5.1986, 24.-25.9.1986
Cherokeetrumpet · 338 BPM · Bb-maj · 29.-30.5.1986, 24.-25.9.1986
Cherokee IItrumpet · 340 BPM · Bb-maj · 29.-30.5.1986, 24.-25.9.1986

Awards

1994 honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music
2009 honorary doctor of Harvard University
2015 National Humanities Medal
2016 Global Citizen Awards
2016 honorary doctor of University of Lyon-III
2017 Order of Friendship
2020 Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
NEA Jazz Masters
BBC Jazz Awards
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
James Parks Morton Interfaith Award

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Wynton Marsalis play?

Wynton Marsalis is known for playing trumpet.

When and where was Wynton Marsalis born?

Wynton Marsalis was born 18 October 1961 in New Orleans.

What are Wynton Marsalis's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Live at Bubba’s Jazz Restaurant (1981), Wynton Marsalis (1982), First Recordings (1983), Think of One (1983) and Baroque Music for Trumpets (1984).

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