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When me and my brother would go to see our daddy playing, there'd be 30 people in the audience. I was only 14 or 15, but I realised something was wrong.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
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New Orleans
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Wynton Learson Marsalis
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