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Wynton Marsalis: American jazz trumpeter (born 1961).
Born in New Orleans (age 64).
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Biography
Wynton Learson Marsalis 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 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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How old is Wynton Marsalis?
Wynton Marsalis is 64 years old, born on .
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Wynton Marsalis was born in New Orleans.
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