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Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.

Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
Trumpeter
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wynton Learson Marsalis
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