Wynton Marsalis

Personal Info

Birthday

October 18, 1961

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Wynton L. Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Biography

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.

Known For

Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?

Filmography

2024
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
as Self
2023
Jazz 100
as self
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self
Hargrove
as Self
2021
Up From the Streets - New Orleans: The City of Music
as Self - musician
2020
A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration
as Self
A World Without Beethoven?
as Self
Find Your Groove
as Self
Topowa! Never Give Up
as Self
2018
Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac
as Self - Trumpet
2017
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
2016
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90
as Self
2015
Song of Lahore
as Self
2014
Brownie Speaks
as Self
2013
VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.1
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center
as Self
2009
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles
as Self - Trumpet and Vocals
Let Freedom Swing: Conversations on Jazz and Democracy
as Self
Tootie's Last Suit
as Self
2008
Wynton Marsallis and JALC Orchestra - Congo Square
as Self
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
as Self - Interviewee / Self - Musician
2006
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
as Self
The N Word
as Self
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?
as Campbell (voice)
2003
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration
as Self - trumpet
2002
Wynton Marsalis - Blues & Swing
as Self
It's Black Entertainment
as Self
1999
Trumpet Kings
as Self (archive footage)
The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr.
as Self
1997
Sessions at West 54th Vol.1
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
as Self
1996
Tony Bennett's New York
as Self
1995
Accent on the Offbeat
as Self
1992
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self
1991
A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert
as Self
1990
Tune in Tomorrow...
as Self - The Wynton Marsalis Band
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
1989
A Classical Jazz Christmas with Wynton Marsalis
as Self
1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self