2 February 2010

Grio100 Wynton Marsalis – jazz legend plays on

taliawhyte The Grio Wynton Marsalis

By Talia Whyte

Everyone knows that Wynton Marsalis lives and breathes by his trumpet. This is a man who has accomplished a lot with his instument and love of music. His name usually appears next to other jazz greats like Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Dizzy. Of course, Marsalis grew up around the greats, like the famed bandleader Al Hirt, who gave him his first trumpet when he was a child.

Growing up in New Orleans not only gave the young Marsalis a chance to fine-tune his trumpeting skills, but to also see music as activism in action.

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