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Wynton Marsalis is widely recognized as the pre-eminent jazz artist of our time. He is hailed not only as a performer on the trumpet, but also as a music educator and a promoter of the history and culture of jazz. Marsalis is also an established artist in performing trumpet in works of classical music, and he is a leader in civic matters... See full bio »

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Wynton L. Marsalis
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2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary) (music arranger - 2 episodes, 2011) (musician: trumpet - 1 episode, 2011)
– A Nation of Scofflaws (2011) (music arranger)
– A Nation of Drunkards (2011) (music arranger, musician: trumpet)
 
2010 Louis (Trumpet, musician, orchestrator)
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary) (musician: trumpet)
 
1998 Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (TV documentary) (conductor, musician: trumpet)
 
1995 Marsalis on Music (TV series) (conductor)
 
1990-1991 Shannon's Deal (TV series) (composer: theme music - 12 episodes)
– Trouble (1991) (composer: theme music)
– Matrimony (1991) (composer: theme music)
– The Inside Man (1991) (composer: theme music)
– First Amendment (1991) (composer: theme music)
– Strangers in the Night (1991) (composer: theme music)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1989 Portrait of England: Treasure Houses and Gardens (video documentary) (musician: trumpet)
 
Show ShowComposer (11 titles)
???? Bolden! (post-production)
 
2011 Prohibition (TV mini-series documentary)
– A Nation of Drunkards (2011)
 
2010 Louis
 
2008 The Silver Rights Movement (video documentary)
 
2007 The War (TV mini-series documentary)
– A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945 (2007) (original music by)
– The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 (2007) (original music by)
– FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944 (2007) (original music by)
– Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944 (2007) (original music by)
– A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944 (2007) (original music by)
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2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary)
 
1998 Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion (TV documentary)
 
1990 Tune in Tomorrow...
 
1990 Shannon's Deal (TV series)
 
1989 Shannon's Deal (TV movie)
 
1988 This Is America, Charlie Brown (TV mini-series)
– The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk (1988)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (11 titles)
2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #18.111 (2011) (performer: "Hallelujah I Love Her So" - uncredited)
 
2004 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (documentary) (writer: "Ghost in the House", "The Galveston Rag", "But Deep Down...", "Trouble", "Love and Hate", "Morning Song", "Cold, Cold Ground", "Mourning Song", "Rattlesnake Tail Swing", "Fire in the Night", "Elgin Mills", "Eyes Around the Corner", "Go, Possum, Go", "Dark Heart Beat", "Mr. Mann", "After the Dead", "Levee Low Moan" / 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")
 
2002 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
– Wrong Place, Wrong Time (2002) (performer: "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" - uncredited)
 
2001 My Best Friend (writer: "Jungle Fever")
 
2000 The Sea That Thinks ("Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F majeur")
 
1997 Liberty! The American Revolution (TV mini-series)
 
1997 Rosewood (writer: "Sylvester's Blues", "Tom Cat Blues", "New Year's Eve Fiddle Music" / performer: "Tom Cat Blues")
 
1994 It Could Happen to You (writer: "Swingdown, Swingtown" / performer: "Swingdown, Swingtown")
 
1991 Jungle Fever (writer: "The Seductress" / performer: "The Seductress")
 
1990 Tune in Tomorrow... (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")
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short) (performer: "Put Down the Duckie" 1986 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
2007 North Sea Jazz Festival (TV movie)
(Himself)
 
2005 Scooby Doo in Where's My Mummy? (video)
Campbell (voice)
 
1997 Talking with David Frost (TV series)
– Wynton Marsalis (1997)
 
1990 Tune in Tomorrow...
The Wynton Marsalis Band
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
???? Bolden! (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2008 Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2007 Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America (TV special) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2004 Alter ego (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (76 titles)
2013 Healed (documentary) (completed)
 
1998-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 January 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 March 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 6 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 January 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
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2012 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Himself
– Master Class (2012) … Himself
 
2006-2011 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)
Himself
– Wynton Marsalis at 50 (2011) … Himself
– 30 Years of 'Live from Lincoln Center' (2006) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2011 Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (video)
Himself
 
2009-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #18.111 (2011) … Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #16.140 (2009) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
2005-2011 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 June 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2006-2011 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself (segment "Wynton") / Himself - Friend
– Bad Medicine/Wynton (2011) … Himself (segment "Wynton")
– Ed Bradley (2006) … Himself - Friend
 
2010 On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Mark Twain Prize: Bill Cosby (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Deutschland, deine Künstler (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kurt Masur (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Icons Among Us (documentary)
 
2009 D.L. Hughley Breaks the News (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 An Evening with Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson (TV movie)
Himself - Trumpet, Vocals
 
2008 Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City (video)
Himself
 
2008 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
– Fareed Zakaria/Wynton Marsalis (2008) … Himself
 
1992-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #16.118 (2008) … Himself
– Episode #2.27 (1993) … Himself
– Episode #1.85 (1992) … Himself
 
2008 Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans (documentary)
Interviewee/Musician
 
2008 Black Magic (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator
 
2008 Bill Gottlieb: Riffs (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 4Chosen: The Documentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Iconoclasts (TV series documentary)
– Wynton Marsalis and John Besh (2007)
 
2004-2007 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Wynton Marsalis (2007) … Himself
– Wynton Marsalis (2004) … Himself
 
2007 Live from Abbey Road (TV series)
Performer
– Episode #1.7 (2007) … Performer
 
2007 Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Christmas Glory: In the Key of Love (TV special)
 
2007 Wynton Marsalis: Rebuilding the Soul of America (TV special)
 
2006 9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero, 5th Anniversary (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 American Creole: New Orleans Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
2005 New Year's Eve with Carson Daly (TV movie)
Himself - Guest
 
2005 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2005 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
Himself
– Wynton Marsalis (2005) … Himself
 
2005 A Concert for Hurricane Relief (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Dusty Wright's Culture CatchCulture Catch (TV series)
Himself
 
2005 Newport Jazz Festival (TV movie)
 
2005 A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho (documentary)
 
2004 Soundmix: Five Young Musicians (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The N Word (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Tribeca Film Festival Presents (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991-2003 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song (2003) … Himself
– The New Jersey Performing Arts Center Opening Night Gala (1998) … Himself
– A Carnegie Hall Christmas (1991) … Himself
– Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis in Baroque Duet … Himself
 
2003 The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 July 4th: a Musical Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986-2001 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV series)
Himself
– Celebrates the Arts: Part 5 (2001) … Himself
– Celebrations (1986) … Himself
 
2001 Soul Food (TV series)
Himself
– Never Can Say Goodbye (2001) … Himself
 
2000 Ellis Marsalis, Jazz Is Spoken Here (documentary)
 
2000 Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson (documentary)
 
1999 Celebrate the Century (TV mini-series documentary)
Special Appearance
 
1999 The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1999 I'll Make Me a World (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Essence Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Sessions at West 54th (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1996 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Wynton Marsalis 2 - New Orleans (1996) … Himself
 
1995 Swing Into Christmas (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1995 Masters of American Music (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1995 Marsalis on Music (TV series)
Himself
 
1993 1993 Essence Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 New Orleans Live! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Baroque Duet
Himself
 
1991 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 November 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Jazz at the Smithsonian: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 July 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Art Blakey: The Jazz Messenger (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Sesame Street, Special (TV movie)
Himself (segment "Put Down the Duckie")
 
1987 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis (1987) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1986 Sesame Street (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #18.3 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 October 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Super Bowl XX (TV movie)
Himself - National Anthem Performer
 
1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1984 The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2011 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short)
Himself
 

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