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Wynton Marsalis

Musician
Forjazz listeners, students of music, and readers interested in socially engaged music.
3 Reviews 1 Definitions 28 Charts
Jazz Blues Jazz/Blues/Roots

The Profile

American trumpeter, composer, bandleader and educator from New Orleans.

Born in New Orleans (1961). Leader and prominent figure in contemporary jazz; Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Blood on the Fields and multiple Grammy Awards.

A thoughtful, mostly positive appraisal of Wynton Marsalis's From the Plantation to the Penitentiary. The reviewer highlights Marsalis's technique, civic engagement, and the album's social lyrics. Notes ongoing critical debates about perceived conservatism but defends the album's vitality.

Notable Quotes

❝ Wynton Marsalis has been haunted, since his beginnings in the '80s with the "Young Lions" movement, by the curse of the top student.
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