Wynton Marsalis is a prolific and inventive composer. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. He has also composed a violin concerto and four symphonies to introduce new rhythms to the classical music canon.

The best album credited to Wynton Marsalis is Black Codes (From The Underground) which is ranked number 27,043 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 29.

Branford Marsalis
Jason MarsalisDelfeayo MarsalisEllis Marsalis IIIMboya Kenyatta Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis/Brothers

Branford Marsalis is his older brother and Jason Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis are younger. All three are jazz musicians. While sitting at a table with trumpeters Al Hirt, Miles Davis, and Clark Terry, his father jokingly suggested that he might as well get Wynton a trumpet, too.

Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center….

Jazz recording techniques With jazz, closed mics are essential for capturing the piano, drums, guitar and saxophone. Placing a tube condenser mic, for instance, on the inside lid of a piano helps to isolate the sound from other instruments in the set and accentuate the harmonics of a recording.

His composition follows the progression of a Roman Catholic service. When he was growing up in New Orleans, his mother, Delores, would take him to St. Francis Catholic Church, where he remembers the order of the mass from the Devotional through the Gloria Patri to the Benediction.

Louis Armstrong
1. Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong is arguably the best trumpet player of all time for his influence over jazz music. He was immensely popular with musicians in and out of the jazz scene and frequently sang alongside performances.