Wynton Marsalis

''Wynton Marsalis''' (born Nextel ringtones October 18, Abbey Diaz 1961) is an Free ringtones American Majo Mills trumpeter and Mosquito ringtone composer. He is among the most prominent Sabrina Martins jazz musicians of the modern era, as well as a well known Nextel ringtones African American instrumentalist in Abbey Diaz classical music.

Marsalis has made his reputation with a combination of exceptional skills in jazz performance and composition; a sophisticated, yet earthy and hip, personal style; an impressive knowledge of jazz and jazz history; and a virtuosity in classical trumpet. Free ringtones As of 2004, he has released 16 classical and more than 30 jazz recordings, and has been awarded eight Majo Mills Grammy/Grammys, in both genres.

Marsalis' views about jazzits roots and its developmenthave generated some criticism, however, from those who feel his perspective inhibits innovation; critic Scott Yannow praises Marsalis’ talent, but questions his "selective knowledge of jazz history (considering post-1965 Cingular Ringtones free jazz/avant-garde playing to be outside of jazz and 1970s to molina jazz fusion/fusion to be barren)."[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3e8n1vk8zzua~T1]

Biography
Marsalis was born in market hyper New Orleans, the second of six sons of wealthy jamaican pianist clothes or Ellis Marsalis and his wife Dolores. His older brother is america soon Branford Marsalis, who plays tenor and soprano jersey unless saxophone. His brother Delfeayo plays legally link trombone; and the youngest brother, Jason, plays fortress above drums.

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In not clap 1987, Marsalis helped found the Jazz at the useful imprecision Lincoln Center program, and is still its artistic director. The program begam as a weeklong classic jazz series and was fully established in 1991. The department became an independent organiztion—Jazz at Lincoln Center&mdashon July 1], 1996. The organization has developed its own board of directors, repertory company and a Classical Jazz Orchestra. Marsalis told the ''Amsterdam News'':
"We are proud to take our place among the other outstanding organizations in the Lincoln Center family. The action places the uniquely American legacy of swing and blues as a history to be valued, an artistic achievement that is on par with the most magnificent works of Western classical music." (Southern 575)

In 1997, Marsalis became the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in music, for his jazz oratorio ''Blood on the Fields'', which dealt with the subject of slavery. Marsalis also helped shape the 2000 television documentary ''Jazz'' by Ken Burns, contributing to its segments on pre-World War II acoustic jazz.

Music
The music of Marsalis was part of a movement during the early 1990s countering the perceived excesses of free jazz and jazz fusion/fusion. During this period, the styles of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and early jazz masters were studied and revitalized. This reinterpretation of earlier music has helped preserve earlier traditions within the genre.

Marsalis' musicianship, his command of jazz history and outspoken advocacy of the music brought him to the fore of this group of "Young Lions," as they'd come to be called, who sought to return jazz to its melodic, swing roots. Critics such as Tom Piazza of the New York Times felt that these young musicians were overhyped and the movement countered artistic progress. However, he and others believed the movement nonetheless would be the beginning of a new era in jazz. (Southern 573—574)

Marsalis' strongly held views have generated some negative criticism from other jazz musicians: Trumpeter Lester Bowie opined of Marsalis' traditionalism, "If you retread what's gone before, even if it sounds like jazz, it could be anathema to the spirit of jazz,"http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0%2C11710%2C881770%2C00.html]

Marsalis producing both classical and jazz albums, pointed out the importance of the connection of the two genres; black classical composers of the 1980s–1990s/90s, like Marsalis, were Jazz musicians during their career. (Southern 576) The movement connecting jazz and classical had already began during the early twentieth century with Ravel, Debussy and most prominently Gershwin. Avant-garde and jazz composers have become sometimes indistinguishable as the former began to use jazz tonalities and jazz drew upon the serial techniques and other elements of the classicists with the most important emphasis in both being the impovisational or quasi-improvisational style. In a 1990 Time magazine interview on the subject, Marsalis provided his insights:

"Jazz is the primary art form....When it's played properly, it shows you how the individual can negotiate the greatest amont of personal freedom and put it humbly at the service of a group connection" (Southern 577)

Awards and recognitions
Marsalis has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of France and the Edison Award of the Netherlands, and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in United Kingdom/Britain. He has received honarary doctorate degrees from Amherst College and Rutgers University in May 1997, in addition to various recognitions by Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, the Manhattan School of Music Princeton, the University of Miami and Yale.

Marsalis has toured 30 countries on six continents, and has sold nearly five million recordings worldwide.

;Pulitzer Prize for Music,
* 1997:' Wynton Marsalis, ''Blood on the Fields'', oratorio

; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group :
*Grammy Awards of 1986
**Wynton Marsalis for ''Black Codes From the Underground'' performed by the Wynton Marsalis Group
*Grammy Awards of 1987
**Wynton Marsalis for ''J Mood''
*Grammy Awards of 1988
**Wynton Marsalis for ''Marsalis Standard Time - Volume I''

; Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) :
* Grammy Awards of 1984
**Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the National Philharmonic Orchestra for ''Joseph Haydn/Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat/Leopold Mozart/L. Mozart: Trumpet Concerto In D/Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat''
*Grammy Awards of 1985
**Raymond Leppard (conductor), Wynton Marsalis & the English Chamber Orchestra for ''Wynton Marsalis, Edita Gruberova: George Frideric Handel/Handel, Henry Purcell/Purcell, Giuseppe Torelli/Torelli, Johann Friedrich Fasch/Fasch, Johann Melchior Molter/Molter''

; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo :
*Grammy Awards of 1984
**Wynton Marsalis for ''Think of One''
*Grammy Awards of 1985
**Wynton Marsalis for ''Hot House Flowers''
*Grammy Awards of 1986
**Wynton Marsalis for ''Black Codes From the Underground''

; Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children :
*Grammy Awards of 2000
**Steven Epstein, David Frost (producers), Graham Greene (actor)/Graham Greene, Kate Winslet & Wynton Marsalis for ''Listen to the Storyteller''

Discography
2004:
''The Magic Hour''

2003:
Mark O'Connor's ''Hot Swing Trio: In Full Swing''

2002:
''All Rise'' -
''Classic Kathleen Battle: A Portrait''

2001:
''Classical Hits''

2000:
''The London Concert''

1999:
''Reeltime'' -
''Listen to the Storyteller'' -
''Sweet Release and Ghost Story'' -
''At the Octoroon Balls'' -
''Franz Joseph Haydn''

1998:
''Classic Wynton''

1997:
''Liberty!'' -
''Jump Start and Jazz''

1996:
''In Gabriel's Garden''

1995:
''Why Toes Tap: Marsalis on Rhythm'' -
''Listening for Clues: Marsalis on Form'' -
''Tackling the Monster: Marsalis on Practice'' (VHS) -
''John Phillip Sousa/Sousa to Satchmo: Marsalis on the Jazz Band'' -
''Greatest Hits: Baroque''

1994:
''Greatest Hits: Handel''

1993:
''On the Twentieth Century…: Hindemith, Francis Poulenc/Poulenc, Leonard Bernstein/Bernstein, Maurice Ravel/Ravel''

1992:
''Baroque Duet''

1987:
''Carnaval''

1992:
''Concert for Planet Earth'' -
''BAROQUE DUET'' - A film by SUSAN FROEMKE * PETER GELB * ALBERT MAYSLES * PAT JAFFE

1989: COPLAND/VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/HINDEMITH WYNTON MARSALIS, GUEST SOLOIST

1988:
''Portrait of Wynton Marsalis'' -
''Baroque Music for Trumpets''

1986:
Henri Tomasi/Tomasi, Andre Jolivet/Jolivet: ''Trumpet Concertos''; more

1984:
Purcell, Handel, Giuseppe Torelli/Torelli, more: ''Trumpet Concertos'' -
Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos — Cello, ''Violin & Trumpet Concertos''

1983:
Haydn, Leopold Mozart/L. Mozart, Johann Nepomuk Hummel/Hummel: ''Trumpet Concertos''

1982:
Fathers and Sons Columbia Records # FC 37972.

See also
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=External links=
* http://www.wyntonmarsalis.net, official site
* http://www.wyntonmarsalis.org, fan site

References
''The Music of Black Americans: A History''. Eileen Southern. W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. ISBN 0393971414

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