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What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.
Wynton Marsalis
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Wynton Marsalis
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: October 18
Bandleader
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Jazz Musician
Trumpeter
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wynton Learson Marsalis
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