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When I was 12, I began listening to John Coltrane and I developed a love for jazz, which I still have more and more each year.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Wynton Learson Marsalis
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The soul gives us resilience - an essential quality since we constantly have to rebound from hardship.
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We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.
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