Wynton Marsalis is a composer and trumpeter from New Orleans and one of the most prominent jazz musicians of the modern age. He is also controversial for his views on modern jazz and has drawn both praise and criticism in this regard. The Juilliard School of Music graduate is a champion of "pure" jazz and camps are divided about whether he saved traditional jazz from being watered down by avant-garde and fusion sounds or whether he has stamped out innovation and artistic freedom with overzealous conservativism. Whatever else they may say none can argue that he is a talented, hard-working and accomplished man and one of the most powerful figures in jazz today. In 1997 Marsalis became the first jazz musician to receive the Pulitzer Prize in music, winning for his epic oratorio, Blood on the Fields. In addition to numerous Grammy and various other music awards, Marsalis has also earned many prestigious honours around the global most notably; the National Medal of Arts of the United States, Edison Award of the Netherlands, honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in Britain and Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy. Currently Marsalis is the Artistic Director of Jazz at the Lincoln Centre, in New York City.
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