Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis is credited with almost singlehandedly ushering in the powerful neo-traditionalist jazz movement of the 1980s and '90s. Along with father Ellis and brothers Branford, Delfeayo and Jason, Wynton is a member a New Orleans musical dynasty firmly ensconced in the journals of music history. Not only does Marsalis lead various groups of his own, but he also is the musical director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the composer of large-scale works like 1997's acclaimed "Blood on the Fields." As the most high-profile jazz musician of his era, Marsalis became a spokesman for the genre, and one of its biggest movers and shakers.

• Branford Marsalis
• Courtney Pine
• Eric Reed
• Erick Storckman
• Herlin Riley
• Jeff "Tain" Watts
• Jim Cifelli New York Nonet
• Jon Faddis
• Kenny Garrett
• Kenny Kirkland
• Marcus Roberts
• Steve Turre
• Wallace Roney
• Wessell Anderson
• Wycliffe Gordon/Ron Westray

• Art Blakey/Roach/Jones
• Charles Mingus
• Clifford Brown
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Duke Ellington/Count Basie
• Fats Navarro
• Freddie Hubbard
• Jelly Roll Morton
• Kenny Dorham
• Lee Morgan (Jazz)
• Louis Armstrong
• Miles Davis
• Roy Eldridge
• Thelonious Monk

• Antoine Roney
• Cyrus Chestnut
• James Carter (Jazz)
• Joshua Redman
• Marcus Printup
• Nicholas Payton
• Roy Hargrove
• Ryan Kisor
• Terence Blanchard/Donald Harrison/Mal Waldron/Richard Davis (Bass)/Ed Blackwell

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