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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
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Wynton Learson Marsalis
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