Salutes to Wynton Learson Marsalis on His Birthday
🍾Wynton Learson Marsalis, born October 18, 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a trumpeter, teacher, and director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center. Wynton has won 9 Grammy Awards and honored with a Pulitzer Prize for Blood on the Fields.
In 1987, when trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, his sidekick, the noted jazz writer Stanley Crouch, and Alina Bloomgarden, Lincoln Center’s Director of Visitor Services created the institution’s Classic Jazz concert series. The popularity of those concerts — which featured live interpretations and recreations of historic performances, led to the formation of Lincoln Center’s Jazz Department, the firmly rooted tree under which all this activity blossoms. Wynton Marsalis Reaching Out and Spreading the Good Sounds At Lincoln Center