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"Iconoclasts" (2005): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Clip from the Wynton Marsalis + John Besh episode of Iconoclasts, Season 3.
"Iconoclasts" (2005): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Clip from the Wynton Marsalis + John Besh episode of Iconoclasts, Season 3.
"Iconoclasts" (2005): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Clip from the Wynton Marsalis + John Besh episode of Iconoclasts, Season 3.
"Iconoclasts" (2005): Season 3: Episode 5 -- Clip from the Wynton Marsalis + John Besh episode of Iconoclasts, Season 3.

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Mini Biography:
Wynton Marsalis is widely recognized as the pre-eminent jazz artist of our time... more
Trivia:
Named after jazz pianist 'Wynton Kelly' (1931 - 1971). Received his first... more
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination more

Filmography

Composer:
  1. Louis (2010) (post-production)
  2. Bolden! (2010) (post-production)

  3. The Silver Rights Movement (2008) (V)
  4. "The War" (7 episodes, 2007)
        - A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945 (2007) TV episode (original music by)
        - The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 (2007) TV episode (original music by)
        - FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944 (2007) TV episode (original music by)
        - Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944 (2007) TV episode (original music by)
        - A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944 (2007) TV episode (original music by)
          (2 more)
  5. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

  6. Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (1998) (TV)
  7. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)
    ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
  8. "Shannon's Deal" (1990) TV series (unknown episodes)

  9. Shannon's Deal (1989) (TV)
  10. "This Is America, Charlie Brown" (1 episode, 1988)
    ... aka Your're on Nickelodeon Charlie Brown (USA: rerun title)
        - The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk (1988) TV episode
Music Department:
  1. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) (musician: trumpet)

  2. Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (1998) (TV) (conductor) (musician: trumpet)
  3. "Marsalis on Music" (1995) TV series (conductor)
  4. "Shannon's Deal" (composer: theme music) (12 episodes, 1990-1991)
        - Trouble (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Matrimony (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Inside Man (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - First Amendment (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Strangers in the Night (1991) TV episode (composer: theme music)
          (7 more)
Soundtrack:
  1. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) (writer: "Ghost in the House", "The Galveston Rag", "But Deep Down...", "Trouble", "Love and Hate", "Cold, Cold Ground", "Mourning Song") (performer: "Ghost in the House", "The Galveston Rag", "But Deep Down...", "Trouble", "Love and Hate", "Cold, Cold Ground", "Mourning Song") (arranger: "Morning Song", "High Society", "Weary Blues", "We'll Meet Again", "Rattlesnake Tail Swing", "Fire in the Night", "Deep Creek", "New Orleans Bump", "Careless Love", "Buddy Bolden's Blues", "Smokehouse Blues", "Sidewalk Blues", "Elgin Mills", "Eyes Around the Corner", "Go, Possum, Go", "Dark Heart Beat", "Mr. Mann", "After the Dead", "Sing On", "Black Bottom Stomp", "King Porter Stomp", "Courthouse Bump", "Big Lip Blues") ("Levee Low Moan")
  2. "Crossing Jordan" (1 episode, 2002)
        - Wrong Place, Wrong Time (2002) TV episode (performer: "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" (uncredited))
  3. O kalyteros mou filos (2001) (writer: "Jungle Fever")
    ... aka Ο καλύτερος μου φίλος (Greece)
    ... aka My Best Friend (International: English title)

  4. "Liberty! The American Revolution" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)
  5. Rosewood (1997) (writer: "Sylvester's Blues", "Tom Cat Blues", "New Year's Eve Fiddle Music") (performer: "Tom Cat Blues")
  6. It Could Happen to You (1994) (writer: "Swingdown, Swingtown") (performer: "Swingdown, Swingtown")
  7. Jungle Fever (1991) (writer: "The Seductress") (performer: "The Seductress")
  8. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) (writer: "Chewin' Fat", "Sunsetting In The Bayou", "Mama Leona", "Uptown Top Table Rap", "Sceond Street Line (Hot Hoppin')", "Crescent City Crawl") (performer: "Chewin' Fat", "Sunsetting In The Bayou", "Mama Leona", "I Can't Get Started", "Uptown Top Table Rap", "Sceond Street Line (Hot Hoppin')", "Crescent City Crawl")
    ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Actor:
  1. Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love (2007) (TV)
  2. Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America (2007) (TV)
  3. Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005) (V) (voice) .... Campbell
  4. Newport Jazz Festival (2005) (TV)
  5. Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson (2000)

  6. Swing Into Christmas (1995) (TV) .... Performer
  7. Tune in Tomorrow... (1990) .... The Wynton Marsalis Band
    ... aka Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Self:
  1. Healed (2009) (post-production)

  2. "Deutschland, deine Künstler" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
        - Kurt Masur (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2009)
    ... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
    ... aka Letterman (Australia)
    ... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
        - Episode #16.140 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
  4. "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
        - Episode #2.1 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  5. The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby (2009) (TV) .... Himself
  6. An Evening with Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Trumpet, Vocals
  7. Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City (2008) (V) .... Himself
  8. "The Colbert Report" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Fareed Zakaria/Wynton Marsalis (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  9. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1992-2008)
    ... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
        - Episode dated 10 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 12 February 1993 (1993) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 18 September 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself
  10. Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (2008) .... Interviewee/Musician
  11. "Black Magic" (2008) TV mini-series .... Narrator
  12. Bill Gottlieb: Riffs (2008) .... Himself
  13. 4Chosen: The Documentary (2008) .... Himself
  14. "Iconoclasts" (1 episode, 2007)
        - Wynton Marsalis and John Besh (2007) TV episode
  15. "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2005-2007)
        - Episode dated 20 June 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 8 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  16. "The Daily Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
    ... aka A Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
    ... aka Jon Stewart (Australia)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
        - Episode dated 7 March 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 22 March 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  17. "Live from Abbey Road" .... Performer (1 episode, 2007)
        - Episode #1.7 (2007) TV episode .... Performer
  18. Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  19. "60 Minutes" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
    ... aka TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 12 November 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  20. 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, 5th Anniversary (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  21. American Creole: New Orleans Reunion (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  22. "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
    ... aka When the Levees Broke (USA: short title)
  23. "Live from Lincoln Center" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
    ... aka Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center (USA: alternative title)
        - 30 Years of 'Live from Lincoln Center' (2006) TV episode (also archive footage) .... Himself
  24. New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Guest
  25. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Performer
  26. "HARDtalk Extra" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Wynton Marsalis (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  27. "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Charlie Rose (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  28. A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  29. A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho (2005)
  30. Soundmix: Five Young Musicians (2004) (TV) .... Himself
  31. The N Word (2004) .... Himself
    ... aka The N-Word: Divided We Stand (USA: DVD box title)
  32. Tribeca Film Festival Presents (2003) (TV) .... Himself
  33. "Great Performances" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1998-2003)
        - 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song (2003) TV episode .... Himself
        - The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opening Night Gala (1998) TV episode .... Himself
  34. The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration (2003) (TV) .... Himself
  35. It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) .... Himself
  36. "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1986-2001)
    ... aka Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (USA: new title)
        - Celebrate the Arts (2001) TV episode .... Himself
        - Celebrations (1986) TV episode .... Himself
  37. "Soul Food" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
        - Never Can Say Goodbye (2001) TV episode .... Himself
  38. Louis Armstrong: Satchmo (2000) .... Himself
  39. Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Is Spoken Here (2000)

  40. "Celebrate the Century" (1999) TV mini-series .... Special Appearance
  41. "I'll Make Me a World" (1999) TV mini-series .... Himself
    ... aka A Century of African-American Art (USA: subtitle)
  42. "The Chris Rock Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
        - Episode #2.6 (1998) TV episode .... Himself
  43. Essence Awards (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  44. "Sessions at West 54th" (1997) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
  45. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1996) (TV) .... Himself
  46. "Masters of American Music" (1995) TV mini-series .... Himself
  47. "Marsalis on Music" (1995) TV series .... Himself
  48. Baroque Duet (1992) .... Himself
  49. A Carnegie Hall Christmas (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  50. Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1991) .... Himself
  51. Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis in Baroque Duet (1991) (TV) .... Himself

  52. The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989) (TV) .... Himself
  53. "Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
        - Episode dated 17 December 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Himself
  54. Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger (1988) .... Himself
  55. Sesame Street, Special (1988) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Put Down the Duckie: A Sesame Street Special (USA: video title)
    ... aka Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie - An All-Star Musical Special (USA: video box title)
    ... aka The Sesame Street Special (USA: informal title)
  56. "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1987)
    ... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
    ... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
    ... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
    ... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
        - Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis (1987) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest
  57. "Ebony/Jet Showcase" .... Himself (1 episode, 1986)
        - Episode dated 31 October 1986 (1986) TV episode .... Himself
  58. Super Bowl XX (1986) (TV) .... National Anthem Performer
  59. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1984)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 29 February 1984 (1984) TV episode .... Himself
  60. The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984) (TV) .... Himself

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Unused score: Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) more
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