Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis (MAHR -sahl-is) will receive the Legion of Honor, the highest award bestowed by the French government. The award will be presented to the 48-year-old jazz musician in a ceremony at the... More »

Wynton Marsalis doesn t leave home without his trumpet or book of poems, and while on tour, he ll spend the late night hours talking about music and verse with the young members of his band. On his new... More »

The left-of-center pairing of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career milestones on their respective belts. Debuting... More »

With more than 40 movie and television scores to his credit, Terence Blanchard is adept at composing the right music to fit a particular scene. But when the noted jazz trumpeter returned to New Orleans... More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington s drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a career that would make the self-taught Roach... More »

Wynton Marsalis is sending a political message — apathy is the enemy, so jump in and participate. Find out where the tax money is going. Find out why something happened. Write to people. Just... More »

(3/12/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- Trumpeter, composer, and conductor Wynton Marsalis recently told a group of Ohio students that rap is contemporary minstrel music. The current musical director of the Jazz At... More »

(2/1/02, 5 p.m. ET) -- Rodney Mack, a trumpeter with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, was allegedly beaten so badly by Spanish police two weeks ago that he cannot perform a scheduled concert tonight (... More »

(1/19/01, 10 a.m. ET) - Wynton Marsalis will lead the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (LCJO) on a tour of more than a dozen European cities as it kicks off its winter tour February 4. Marsalis, who is the... More »

(5/27/98) - And the winners are...Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis and Selena! At least, those are three logical contenders for newly-created Grammy categories announced yesterday by the National Academy... More »