Reuters - Little did the jazz world know back
in 1981 what a speeding locomotive and lightning rod Wynton
Marsalis would become. Then, while a member of drummer Art
Blakey's band, the 19-year-old trumpeter recorded his
self-titled debut as leader on Columbia Records. Twenty-five
years later, Marsalis is inarguably the most powerful figure in
jazz as well as its most controversial statesman.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}Click Here to Launch in a new Window
in 1981 what a speeding locomotive and lightning rod Wynton
Marsalis would become. Then, while a member of drummer Art
Blakey's band, the 19-year-old trumpeter recorded his
self-titled debut as leader on Columbia Records. Twenty-five
years later, Marsalis is inarguably the most powerful figure in
jazz as well as its most controversial statesman.{br}{br}View the Entire Article{br}{br}Click Here to Launch in a new Window
