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Wynton Marsalis
1961
Image Credit: https://twitter.com/wyntonmarsalis
1961
Equally adept at jazz and classical music — he is the first person to win Grammy awards in both categories — the New Orleans-born trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is an accomplished performer, a Pultizer Prize winning composer, a jazz educator, and the Managing/Artistic Director and trumpeter for the prestigious program Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
A trumpet is a musical instrument. It is the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest…