Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

male, 48 years old
Grammy Award winner, American classical trumpeter, American jazz trumpeter, Juilliard School of Music alumni, Louisiana Creole, New Orleans jazz musician…Neo-bop jazz musician, Post-bop jazz musician, JazzatLincolnCenter, To a Young Jazz Musician, jazz musician
Jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, advocate for the arts, and educator, Wynton Marsalis has helped propel jazz to the forefront of...

Arturo O'Farrill

male, deceased (2001)
from New York City, Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter, Bebop composer, havana, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, American jazz bandleader…Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, JazzatLincolnCenter, lincoln center, Afro-Cuban jazz
Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill (b. Havana, Cuba, October 28, 1921; d. June 27, 2001) was a musician who led an Afro-Cuban big band, the Afro-Latin Jazz...
Herlin Riley

Herlin Riley

male, 52 years old
Neo-bop jazz, Neo-bop jazz musician, One Mo' Time, Benny Wallace, Mark Whitfield, Wessel Anderson…Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, JazzatLincolnCenter, jazz, jazz drummer
Herlin Riley (born February 15 1957) is an American Neo-bop jazz drummer. Along with other notable musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Wessel...
Ron Westray

Ron Westray

male
Eastern Illinois University, Mingus Big Band, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, South Carolina State University, Master of Arts, JazzatLincolnCenter…jazz, University of Texas at Austin
Ronald Kenneth Westray, Jr. (b. June 13, 1970 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. As an...

Sean Jones

male, 31 years old
Bandleader, Mack Avenue Records, Detroit International Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, American session musician…JazzatLincolnCenter
Sean Jones (born May 29 1978 in Warren, Ohio) is an American trumpeter and composer featured on the Grammy Award-winning Turned to Blue from Nancy...
Phil Schaap

Phil Schaap

male, 58 years old
Columbia University, Radio personality, Columbia University alumni, jazz, American, JazzatLincolnCenter
Phil Schaap (born 1951) is an American jazz disc jockey and reissue producer. Primarily, he hosts a weekday radio program on WKCR, the radio...
Michael White

Michael White

male, 54 years old
Dixieland revivalist clarinetist, Jazz composer, Tulane University alumni, historian, American jazz bandleader, New Orleans jazz musician…American jazz clarinetist, JazzatLincolnCenter, jazz, jazz musician, Jazz clarinetist
Michael White (born 29 November, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a jazz clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and musical educator....

John Clark

male
musician, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Spyro Gyra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Fugees, Ashford and Simpson…Jazz horn player, jazz, JazzatLincolnCenter, State University of New York at Purchase
John Clark is an American jazz horn player and composer. As one of only a handful of horn players proficient in non-classical genres, Clark has...

Charles Phillips

male
Oracle employee, Oracle Corporation, Board of Director, Managing Director, JazzatLincolnCenter, Hampton University alumni
Charles Phillips is President of Oracle Corporation and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Phillips' responsibilities encompass global...

Karen Leies

female (New York City Area, United States)
Vice President, Development, Director, Capital Campaign, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, ithaca college, director of development, JazzatLincolnCenter…lincoln center
Karen Leies joined The Michael J. Fox Foundation in January 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Leies served as Director of Development of...