Wynton Marsalis is the managing and artistic
director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and a world-renowned
trumpeter and composer. He made his recording debut
as a leader in 1982 and has since recorded more than
60 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him
nine GRAMMY Awards.
In 1983, he became the first
artist to win both classical and jazz GRAMMY Awards
in the same year and repeated this feat in 1984.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton
Marsalis, is made up of 15 of the finest soloists,
ensemble players, and arrangers in jazz music today
including Walter Blanding, Chris Crenshaw,
Vincent Gardner, Victor Goines, Carlos Henriquez,
Sherman Irby, Elliot Mason, Ted Nash, Paul Nedzela,
Dan Nimmer, Marcus Printup, and Kenny Rampton.