Album: Black Codes (From the Underground) by Wynton Marsalis (1985)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: Black Codes (From the Underground) is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that won two Grammy Awards in 1986: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.

Artist Background: Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is a trumpeter, composer, teacher, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, United States. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences. Marsalis has been awarded nine Grammys in both genres, and a jazz recording of his was the first of its kind to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Part of the New Orleans, Louisiana music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Music Scene: Part of the New Orleans, Louisiana music scene. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1980s, Album

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Black Codes (From the Underground) is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that won two Grammy Awards in 1986: Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group and Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.

Black Codes (From the Underground)

Wynton Marsalis

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