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The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
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Wynton Learson Marsalis
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