Wynton Marsalis

An acclaimed trumpeter whose work illuminates the early New Orleans jazz, bebop, and post-bop traditions, Wynton Marsalis has been a paradigm of the art form since his days as a maverick "Young Lion" in the 1980s through to his time as the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in the 2000s and beyond. Arguably the most famous jazz musician to emerge since the '70s, Marsalis had a major impact on music almost from the start. Introduced to jazz by his father, esteemed pianist Ellis Marsalis, and influenced by players like Miles Davis and Woody Shaw, his arrival on the s...