Wynton L. Marsalis

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Wynton L. Marsalis Wiki Biography

Wynton Learson Marsalis was born on the 18th October 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, and is a trumpeter, composer, and music educator, best known for his work as a jazz artistic director at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Marsalis has won a Pulitzer Award for Music and nine Grammys. Marsalis’ career started in 1980.

Have you ever wondered how rich Wynton Marsalis is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Wynton Marsalis’ net worth is as high as $15 million, an amount earned through his successful career as a leadingtrumpeter, and musician, however, Marsalis also works as a teacher, which has also improved his wealth.

 

Wynton Marsalis was born the second of six sons of Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor, and Delores. His fathers and three brothers Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason are also jazz musicians, and influenced by them, Wynton developed his love for music from an early age. When he was eight, Wynton performed at Fairview Baptist Church, and at the age of 14, he played with the New Orleans Symphony, New Orleans Youth Orchestra, and with local jazz and funk bands.

Marsalis went to Benjamin Franklin High School, from where he matriculated in 1979 and then moved to New York City to study at the famous Juilliard. While at college, Wynton supported himself beforming regular gigs, and a year later he joined the Art Barkley’s Jazz Messengers. In the following years, Marsalis played with superstars like Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Sweets Edison, Ron Carter, Sonny Rollins, Tony Williams, and Dizzy Gillespie, among others, which did his net worth no harm at all.

Marsalis was a host on the educational television series “Marsalis on Music” in 1995 on PBS, a show about classical and jazz music with the script written by Wynton himself. The series was also aired on National Public Radio, and received the George Foster Peabody Award. Wynton co-founded a jazz program in 1987 at Lincoln Center, New York, and 16 years later, he established the world’s first jazz institution with the name of Frederick P. Rose Hall. He had a notable collaboration with one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Eric Clapton, and the duo recorded an album called “Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues” in 2011.

Marsalis currently works as Music Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is also a director of the Juilliard Jazz Studies program. Wynton has published five books: “Jazz in the Bittersweet Blues of Life”, “Sweet Swing Blues on the Road”, “Jazz ABZ”, and “To a Young Musician: Letters from the Road”. Most recently, he released “Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life”; all have contributed to his net worth.

Regarding his personal life, Wynton Marsalis is a bachelor, and his current status is single, but he does have four children. He lives in New York City, and is a prominent philanthropist, having helped with raising over $3 million for musicians and institutions after Hurricane Katrina. Marsalis also funds a scholarship for talented musicians, and pays for their medical bills, in addition to other charitable work.

IMDB Wikipedia $15 Million 1961 1961-10-18 2011 Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts American American Academy of Achievement Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Opera Arts Education Award Baroque Duet (1992) Benjamin Franklin High School Branford Marsalis Celebrate the Century (1999) Clark Terry Composer Delfeayo Marsalis Dizzy Gillespie Dolores Marsalis Ellis Marsalis III Ellis Marsalis Jr Eric Clapton Frederick Douglass Medallion George Foster Peabody Award Grammy Awards Healed: Music Herbie Hancock Jason Marsalis Jasper Armstrong Juilliard School Libra Louis Armstrong Memorial Medal Louisiana Mboya Kenyatta Marsalis Medicine and Life with MS (2014) Music Department Music Educator Musician New Orleans October 18 Pulitzer Prize for Music Ron Carter Sarah Vaughan School’s Harvey Shapiro Award for outstanding brass student Sonny Rollins Soundtrack Sweets Edison Tony Williams Trumpeter Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) United States Wynton L. Marsalis Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues (live album Wynton Marsalis Net Worth

Wynton L. Marsalis Quick Info

Full Name Wynton Marsalis
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth October 18, 1961
Place Of Birth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Profession Musician, Composer, Trumpeter, Music Educator, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Opera
Education Juilliard School, Benjamin Franklin High School
Nationality American
Children Jasper Armstrong
Parents Dolores Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Siblings Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Mboya Kenyatta Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III
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Awards School’s Harvey Shapiro Award for outstanding brass student, George Foster Peabody Award, Grammy Awards,Louis Armstrong Memorial Medal, Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Music, American Academy of Achievement, Arts Education Award, Frederick Douglass Medallion
Record Labels Columbia, Sony, Blue Note
Albums Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton Play the Blues (live album, 2011)
Music Groups Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, The Jazz Messengers, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Soon All Will Know, Pedro’s Getaway, Jig’s Jig, New York, NY, United States
Nominations Tony Award for Best Musical, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Nonfiction, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast, Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classica…
Movies Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play Ray Charles, Scooby-Doo! in Where’s My Mummy?, Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, Accent on the Off Beat, Concert for Planet Earth: Rio de Janeiro 1992, Wynton Marsalis: Blues and Swing, The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1, The N-Word…
TV Shows CBS This Morning

Wynton L. Marsalis Quotes

  • I know what it’s really like to be called a nigger for real, by black and white people. I’m not interested in presenting that to the world as my expression. And I have to make the point to the younger people in rap, we was black in the 60s, man. We were black in 1974. We wasn’t waiting for y’all to tell us what it was to be black. You’re a guy from the Something Housing Project with limited education and now you’re going to tell me what it means to be a black person in America? Man, you must really think you’re in a video.
  • In jazz you have the opportunity to establish your equality – based on your ability.
  • “It’s warm, it’s intellectual, it’s spiritual, it’s tawdry, it’s worldly, it’s provincial. Anything you want, he has it in his sound. (Commenting on the influence Louie Armstrong has on Jazz).
  • Jazz is a music of conservation, and that’s what you need in a democracy.
  • Now, one day the entire world will be the house of everyday. That’s not yet, but it’s what people in the arts strive for.

Wynton L. Marsalis Important Facts

  • Heading the inauguration of a center for music education in New York City. [October 2004]
  • Has written his first book, To A Young Jazz Musician, a book of practical advice to young artists of all mediums. [October 2004]
  • Honored by the Congressional Award in Washington, DC with the 2002 Horizon Award. The Horizon Award is a special recognition from the Joint Leadership of the United States Congress and the Congressional Award Board of Directors. The Horizon Award is presented to individuals from the private sectors who have contributed to expanding opportunities for all Americans through their own personal contributions, and who have set exceptional examples for young people through their successes in life.
  • He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005.
  • Brother of Delfeayo Marsalis, Branford Marsalis and Jason Marsalis.
  • Son of Ellis Marsalis.
  • Became the 1st jazz artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1997
  • Became the 1st musician to win Grammy Awards in both jazz & classical music categories in the same year
  • Grew up in Kenner, Louisiana
  • Attended the Juilliard School of Music in NYC
  • Attended Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, in Massachusetts
  • Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1996.
  • Named after jazz pianist ‘Wynton Kelly’ (1931 – 1971). Received his first trumpet at the age of six from New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt.
  • Father, with Victoria Rowell, of son Jasper Armstrong Marsalis.
  • He has 2 sons with Candace Stanley.
  • Attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

Wynton L. Marsalis Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Jackie Robinson 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary musician – 2 episodes Music Department
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary composer – 6 episodes Music Department
Prohibition TV Mini-Series documentary music arranger – 2 episodes, 2011 musician – 1 episode, 2011 Music Department
Live from Lincoln Center 2010 TV Series musician – 1 episode Music Department
Louis 2010 Trumpet / musician / orchestrator Music Department
The War 2007 TV Mini-Series documentary musician – 7 episodes Music Department
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary musician: trumpet Music Department
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion 1998 TV Movie documentary conductor / musician: trumpet Music Department
Marsalis on Music 1995 TV Series conductor Music Department
Shannon’s Deal 1990-1991 TV Series composer – 12 episodes Music Department
Portrait of England: Treasure Houses and Gardens 1989 Video documentary musician: trumpet Music Department
Copland & Marsalis 2016 Video Composer
Jackie Robinson 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary 2 episodes Composer
Bolden! 2015 Composer
Renée Fleming: Christmas in New York 2014 TV Movie music arranged by Composer
Prohibition 2011 TV Mini-Series documentary 1 episode Composer
Louis 2010 Composer
The Silver Rights Movement 2008 Video documentary Composer
The War 2007 TV Mini-Series documentary 7 episodes Composer
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary Composer
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion 1998 TV Movie documentary Composer
Tune in Tomorrow… 1990 Composer
Shannon’s Deal 1990 TV Series Composer
Shannon’s Deal 1989 TV Movie Composer
This Is America, Charlie Brown 1988 TV Mini-Series 1 episode Composer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Bi no tsubo TV Series 1 episode, 2013 performer – 1 episode, 2013 Soundtrack
Late Show with David Letterman 2011 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Burlesque 2010/I performer: “Black Bottom Stomp”, “New Orleans Bump” Soundtrack
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 2004 Documentary arranger: “Morning Song”, “High Society”, “Weary Blues”, “We’ll Meet Again”, “Rattlesnake Tail Swing”, “Fire in the Night”, “Deep Creek”, “New Orleans Bump”, “Careless Love”, “Buddy Bolden’s Blues”, “Smokehouse Blues”, “Sidewalk Blues”, “Elgin Mills”, “Eyes Around the Corner”, “Go, Possum, Go”, “Dark Heart Beat”, “Mr. Mann”, “After the Dead”, “Sing On”, “Black Bottom Stomp”, “King Porter Stomp”, “Courthouse Bump”, “Big Lip Blues” / performer: “Ghost in the House”, “The Galveston Rag” Soundtrack
Crossing Jordan 2002 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
O kalyteros mou filos 2001 writer: “Jungle Fever” Soundtrack
De zee die denkt 2000 “Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F majeur” Soundtrack
Liberty! The American Revolution 1997 TV Mini-Series performer: “Brave Wolfe” Soundtrack
Rosewood 1997 performer: “Tom Cat Blues” / writer: “Sylvester’s Blues”, “Tom Cat Blues”, “New Year’s Eve Fiddle Music” Soundtrack
It Could Happen to You 1994 performer: “Swingdown, Swingtown” / writer: “Swingdown, Swingtown” Soundtrack
Jungle Fever 1991 performer: “The Seductress” / writer: “The Seductress” Soundtrack
Tune in Tomorrow… 1990 performer: “Chewin’ Fat”, “Sunsetting In The Bayou”, “Mama Leona”, “I Can’t Get Started”, “Uptown Top Table Rap”, “Sceond Street Line Hot Hoppin'”, “Crescent City Crawl” / writer: “Chewin’ Fat”, “Sunsetting In The Bayou”, “Mama Leona”, “Uptown Top Table Rap”, “Sceond Street Line Hot Hoppin'”, “Crescent City Crawl” Soundtrack
Sing Yourself Silly! 1990 Video short performer: “Put Down the Duckie” 1986 – uncredited Soundtrack
48 Hours Presents: The Whole Gritty City 2014 TV Series Host (2014) Actor
North Sea Jazz Festival 2007 TV Movie Himself Actor
Scooby-Doo in Where’s My Mummy? 2005 Video Campbell (voice) Actor
Live from Lincoln Center 2004 TV Series Trumpet Actor
The Chris Rock Show 2000 TV Series Guest – Himself Actor
Talking with David Frost 1997 TV Series Actor
Tune in Tomorrow… 1990 The Wynton Marsalis Band Actor
This Is Ragtime: The Birth of American Music TV Movie documentary production advisor pre-production Miscellaneous
Jazz 2001 TV Mini-Series documentary consultant – 4 episodes Miscellaneous
Bolden! 2015 executive producer Producer
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2008 Documentary executive producer Producer
Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America 2007 TV Special executive producer Producer
Alter ego 2004 Short Editor
Miles Ahead 2015 the producers wish to thank Thanks
On the Road 2012 thanks Thanks
Killing Them Softly 2012 special thanks Thanks
Find Your Groove 2017 Documentary filming Himself Self
Crescendo Documentary filming Himself Self
Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come 2016 TV Movie Himself Self
Geordie Jazz Man 2016 Documentary Himself Self
Nicky and Wynton: The Making of a Concerto 2016 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
American Graduate Day 2016 TV Movie Himself Self
Chasing Trane: John Coltrane Feature Documentary 2016 Documentary Himself Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
60 Minutes 2006-2016 TV Series documentary Himself – Musician (segment “Little Jazz Man”) / Himself – Correspondent (segment “The Virtuoso”) / Himself (segment “Wynton”) / … Self
CBS This Morning 2012-2015 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest / Himself – Correspondent Self
Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts Masterclass 2014 TV Movie documentary Self
Healed: Music, Medicine and Life with MS 2014 Documentary Self
Masterclass 2013 TV Series Himself Self
Charlie Rose 1998-2012 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself Self
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Live from Lincoln Center 2006-2011 TV Series Himself Self
Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center 2011 Video Himself Self
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2011 TV Series Himself / Himself – Musical Guest Self
Tavis Smiley 2005-2011 TV Series Himself Self
On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of 2010 Documentary Himself Self
An Evening with Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson 2009 TV Movie Himself – Trumpet, Vocals Self
The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby 2009 TV Movie Himself Self
Deutschland, deine Künstler 2009 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Icons Among Us 2009 Documentary Self
D.L. Hughley Breaks the News 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City 2008 Video Himself Self
The Colbert Report 2008 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992-2008 TV Series Himself Self
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2008 Documentary Interviewee / Musician Self
Black Magic 2008 TV Mini-Series documentary Narrator Self
Bill Gottlieb: Riffs 2008 Documentary Himself Self
4Chosen: The Documentary 2008 Documentary Himself Self
Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love 2007 TV Special Self
Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America 2007 TV Special Self
Iconoclasts 2007 TV Series documentary Self
The Daily Show 2004-2007 TV Series Himself Self
Live from Abbey Road 2007 TV Series Performer Self
Michael Parkinson’s Greatest Entertainers 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, 5th Anniversary 2006 TV Movie Himself Self
American Creole: New Orleans Reunion 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts 2006 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho 2005 Documentary Self
Dusty Wright’s Culture CatchCulture Catch 2005 TV Series Himself Self
Newport Jazz Festival 2005 TV Movie Self
New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly 2005 TV Movie Himself – Guest Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2005 TV Special Himself – Performer Self
HARDtalk Extra 2005 TV Series Himself Self
A Concert for Hurricane Relief 2005 TV Special Himself Self
Soundmix: Five Young Musicians 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The N Word 2004 Documentary Himself Self
Tribeca Film Festival Presents 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Great Performances 1991-2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration 2003 TV Movie Himself Self
July 4th: a Musical Celebration 2002 TV Special Himself Self
It’s Black Entertainment 2002 TV Special documentary Himself Self
Soul Food 2001 TV Series Himself Self
Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson 2000 Documentary Self
Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Is Spoken Here 2000 Documentary Self
Celebrate the Century 1999 TV Mini-Series documentary Special Appearance Self
I’ll Make Me a World 1999 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself Self
The 41st Annual Grammy Awards 1999 TV Special Himself Self
Essence Awards 1998 TV Special Himself Self
Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon 1997 TV Series Himself Self
Sessions at West 54th 1997 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1996 TV Special documentary Himself Self
The South Bank Show 1996 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Marsalis on Music 1995 TV Series Himself Self
Swing Into Christmas 1995 TV Special Himself – Performer Self
Masters of American Music 1995 TV Mini-Series Himself Self
1993 Essence Awards 1993 TV Special Himself Self
New Orleans Live! 1992 TV Movie Himself Self
Baroque Duet 1992 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 1991 Documentary Himself Self
Today 1991 TV Series Himself Self
The Dick Cavett Show 1991 TV Series Himself Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 1990 TV Series Himself Self
Sesame Street 1986-1989 TV Series Himself Self
American Masters 1989 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards 1989 TV Special Himself Self
Lou Rawls Parade of Stars 1988 TV Series Himself Self
Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger 1988 Documentary Himself Self
Sesame Street, Special 1988 TV Movie Himself (segment “Put Down the Duckie”) Self
Saturday Night Live 1987 TV Series Himself – Musical Guest Self
Ebony/Jet Showcase 1986 TV Series Himself Self
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 1986 TV Series Himself Self
Super Bowl XX 1986 TV Special Himself – National Anthem Performer Self
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. 1986 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1984 TV Series Himself Self
The 26th Annual Grammy Awards 1984 TV Special Himself Self
History of Jazz 1984 TV Series documentary Himself – Narrator Self
60 Minutes 2011-2016 TV Series documentary Himself – Musician (segment “Little Jazz Man”) / Himself (segment “Wynton”) Archive Footage
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 2001 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
Sing Yourself Silly! 1990 Video short Himself Archive Footage

Wynton L. Marsalis Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2000 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album For Children Won
2000 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Spoken Word Album For Children Nominated