How to Hire WYNTON MARSALIS For Your Event!
aka: Wynton Learson Marsalis
Based in: New York
Based in: New York City
Hire: Wynton Marsalis
GRAMMY award-winning Wynton 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 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.
– Hire Wynton Marsalis for your festival or concert plans. – (t,s)
In 1982, he established a quintet with his brother Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Charnett Moffett, and Jeff “Tain” Watts. When Branford and Kenny Kirkland left three years later to record and tour with Sting, Marsalis formed another quartet, this time with Marcus Roberts on piano, Robert Hurst on double bass, and Watts on drums.
In 1995, he hosted the educational program Marsalis on Music on public television, while during the same year, National Public Radio broadcast his series Making the Music. Both programs won the George Foster Peabody Award, the highest award given in journalism.
In 2001, Wynton Marsalis was named a UN Messenger of Peace. He has won the National Medal of Arts, the National Humanities Medal, and been named an NEA Jazz Master.
In 2011, he and rock guitarist Eric Clapton performed together in a Jazz at Lincoln Center concert. The concert was recorded and released as the album Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center.
In August 2023, Wynton Marsalis performed at the Newport Jazz Festival with others, including Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Samara Joy, Scary Goldings, Cimafunk, Pedrito Martinez, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.
How do I book Wynton Marsalis? See below.
Hire Wynton Marsalis for your party or event!
How much does it cost to book Wynton Marsalis? See below.
Wynton Marsalis may be available for your next special event!
What is the Wynton Marsalis booking fee? See below.
Book Wynton Marsalis, now!
For other great suggestions for booking music acts, look here.
Watch Wynton Marsalis Videos:
Listen to Wynton Marsalis:
- Hire Wynton Marsalis. -