Wynton Marsalis and his band at the North Sea jazz Festival • 11-07-1987 • World of Jazz

Wynton Marsalis played with his sidemen at the Nort Sea Jazz Festival 1987 at the Garden Pavillion, Congress Gebouw, The Hague, the Netherlands on 11 July 1987
Wynton Marsalis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 18, 1961, the second of six sons of Delores and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music professor.
Marsalis's brothers are: Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis III, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mboya Kinyatta Marsalis, and Jason Marsalis.
Branford, Delfeayo, Jason and father Ellis are also jazz musicians.
In 1982 John McLaughlin described Marsalis as "the best jazz trumpet player we have today, a great star"
In 1980, Marsalis joined the Jazz Messengers led by Art Blakey. In the years that followed, Marsalis performed with Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Sweets Edison, Clark Terry, Sonny Rollins, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and countless other jazz musicians.
In 1982 he played at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands with his band:
Wynton Marsalis (trumpet),
Marcus Roberts (piano),
Bob Hurst (bass),
Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums)
Recorded on 11 July 1987, The Hague, the Netherlands.
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