ALBUMBig Band Holidays IIIJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Albums by Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMBig Band Holidays IIIJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMHe and SheWynton Marsalis
ALBUMLouis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot SevensWynton Marsalis
ALBUMMarsalis: Symphony No. 4 "The Jungle"Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBlues SymphonyThe Philadelphia Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMThe Democracy! SuiteJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMA Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration (Video Album)Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMA Swingin' Sesame Street CelebrationJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMThe Ever Fonky LowdownJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
ALBUMThe Fifties: A Prism (feat. Christopher Crenshaw)Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis's Popular Music Videos
Elmo's Song (feat. Elmo)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Sesame Street Theme (feat. Big Bird, Elmo & Abby Cadabby)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Sing (feat. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Hoots the Owl, Ernie, Bert & Big Bird)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Rubber Duckie (feat. Ernie)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
I Don't Want to Live on the Moon (feat. Ernie, Abby Cadabby & Big Bird)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Believe in Yourself (feat. Grover, Abby Cadabby & Elmo)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People in Your Neighborhood (feat. Rosita, Elmo, Mr. Johnson & Abby Cadabby)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
One of These Things (feat. Oscar the Grouch, Herry Monster & Rosita)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Ladybugs' Picnic (feat. The Count, Abby Cadabby & Rosita)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Sing After Me (feat. Abby Cadabby & Big Bird)
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Artist Playlists
Wynton Marsalis Essentials
Many regard him as the greatest trumpeter of all time.
Wynton Marsalis: Deep Cuts
Thrilling post-bop riffs and majestic compositions.
Artist Biography
At the close of the 20th century, Wynton Marsalis became the primary ambassador for jazz music to a wider audience. Born to a musical family in New Orleans in 1961—one of his brothers is celebrated saxophonist Branford Marsalis—the trumpeter entered Juilliard at the age of 17 with dexterity in both jazz and classical playing. After making a name for himself as a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Marsalis found crossover stardom with his bandleader recordings of the ‘80s and ‘90s, showcasing his pyrotechnic trumpet chops and penchant for traditionalism. Through a snowballing résumé of high-profile performances and television appearances—from Sesame Street to Ken Burns’ Jazz—he became a ubiquitous pop culture figure, using his platform to advocate for jazz as “serious” music. Perhaps his biggest cultural contribution is founding Jazz at Lincoln Center, one of the most successful jazz performance institutions in the world. Marsalis is also an accomplished composer of concert music; his epic, two-and-a-half-hour 1997 oratorio, Blood on the Fields, was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize.