Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter and composer. He is among the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern era, and one of the best-known instrumentalists in classical music. As an African-American, Wynton Marsalis has been forthright in addressing matters of race.

Awards and recognitions

Marsalis has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of France and the Edison Award of the Netherlands, and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain. He has received honarary doctorate degrees from Amherst College and Rutgers University in May 1997, in addition to various recognitions by Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, the Manhattan School of Music Princeton University, the University of Miami and Yale.

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Grand Prix du Disque - France - Netherlands - Royal Academy of Music - Britain - Doctorate - Amherst College - Rutgers University - Brandeis University - Brown University - Columbia University - Johns Hopkins University - Manhattan School of Music - Princeton University - University of Miami - Yale

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Marsalis has toured 30 countries on six continents, and nearly five million copies of his recordings have been sold worldwide.

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;Pulitzer Prize for Music,

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• 1997:' Wynton Marsalis, Blood on the Fields, oratorio

; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group :

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• Grammy Awards of 1986
• Wynton Marsalis for Black Codes From the Underground performed by the Wynton Marsalis Group
• Grammy Awards of 1987
• Wynton Marsalis for J Mood
• Grammy Awards of 1988
• Wynton Marsalis for Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I

; Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) :

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• Grammy Awards of 1984
• Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
• Grammy Awards of 1985
• Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, Molter

; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo :

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• Grammy Awards of 1984
• Wynton Marsalis for Think of One
• Grammy Awards of 1985
• Wynton Marsalis for Hot House Flowers
• Grammy Awards of 1986
• Wynton Marsalis for Black Codes From the Underground

; Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children :

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• Grammy Awards of 2000
• Steven Epstein, David Frost (producers), Graham Greene, Kate Winslet & Wynton Marsalis for Listen to the Storyteller