Wynton Marsalis discography
This is the discography of jazz musician and composer Wynton Marsalis.
As leader
Studio albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] | US Jazz [3] | |||
| Wynton Marsalis | 
 | 165 | — | |
| Think of One | 
 | 102 | 1 | |
| Hot House Flowers | 
 | 90 | 1 | |
| Black Codes (From the Underground) | 
 | 118 | 2 | |
| J Mood | 
 | 185 | 3 | |
| Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I | 
 | 153 | 2 | 
 | 
| The Majesty of the Blues | 
 | — | 3 | |
| Crescent City Christmas Card | 
 | — | — | |
| Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling | 
 | 112 | 1 | |
| Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance | 
 | 101 | 1 | |
| Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1 | 
 | — | 1 | |
| Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2 | 
 | — | 6 | |
| Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3 | 
 | — | 8 | |
| Blue Interlude | 
 | — | — | |
| Portraits By Ellington (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| Citi Movement | 
 | — | 2 | |
| In This House, On This Morning | 
 | — | — | |
| Blood on the Fields (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | 1 | |
| Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues | 
 | — | 1 | |
| Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk | 
 | — | 3 | |
| Big Train (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | 12 | |
| Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord | 
 | — | 7 | |
| Listen to the Storytellers (with Joshua Bell, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Robert Sadin) | 
 | — | — | |
| Reeltime | 
 | — | 6 | |
| The Marciac Suite | 
 | — | — | |
| The Magic Hour | 
 | — | — | |
| A Love Supreme (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| Don’t Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| Here...Now | 
 | — | — | |
| From the Plantation to the Penitentiary | 
 | — | 2 | |
| Congo Square (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| He and She | 
 | — | 6 | |
| Christmas Jazz Jam | 
 | 125 | 6 | |
| Portrait in Seven Shades (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| Vitoria Suite (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | 8 | |
| Winter Wonderland | 
 | — | — | |
| Jazz and Art (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | 15 | |
| Jazz For Kids (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| Rock Chalk Suite (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| The Ever Fonky Lowdown (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | 15 | |
| A Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | |
| The Democracy! Suite (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet) | 
 | — | — | |
Collaborative studio albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Class. [5] | US Jazz [3] | ||
| Haydn, Hummel, L. Mozart: Trumpet Concertos (with National Philharmonic Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Wynton Marsalis Plays Handel, Purcell, Torelli, Fasch, and Molter (with English Chamber Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Tomasi, Jolivet: Trumpet Concertos (with London Philharmonic Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Carnaval (with Eastman Wind Ensemble) | 
 | — | — | 
| Baroque Music for Trumpets (with English Chamber Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Works by Husa, Copland, Vaughan Williams, and Hindemith (with Eastman Wind Ensemble) | 
 | — | — | 
| Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos (with National Philharmonic Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Baroque Duet (with Kathleen Battle and Orchestra of St. Luke's) | 
 | 36 | — | 
| On the Twentieth Century (with Judith Lynn Stillman) | 
 | — | — | 
| The London Concert (with English Chamber Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 
| Joe Cool's Blues (with Ellis Marsalis Jr.) | 
 | — | 3 | 
| In Gabriel's Garden (with English Chamber Orchestra) | 
 | 2 | — | 
| A Fiddler's Tale (with musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center) | 
 | — | — | 
| At The Octoroon Balls - String Quartet No. 1 (with Orion String Quartet) | 
 | — | — | 
| All Rise (as leader of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Los Angeles Philharmonic) | 
 | — | — | 
| A Jazz Celebration (with The Marsalis Family) | 
 | — | — | 
| The Abyssinian Mass (as leader of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Chorale Le Chateau) | 
 | — | 5 | 
Live albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [2] | US Blues [6] | US Jazz [3] | ||
| Live at Blues Alley | 
 | — | — | 2 | 
| A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert (with Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade and André Previn) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Concert for Planet Earth (with Plácido Domingo and various artists) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| The Fire Of The Fundamentals | 
 | — | — | — | 
| They Came to Swing (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Live In Swing City - Swingin’ with Duke | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Live at the Village Vanguard | 
 | — | — | 18 | 
| Selections From the Village Vanguard Box | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Live at the House of Tribes | 
 | — | — | 5 | 
| Two Men With The Blues (with Willie Nelson) | 
 | 20 | — | 1 | 
| From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf (with Richard Galliano) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Music Redeems (with The Marsalis Family) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles (with Willie Nelson) | 
 | — | — | 1 | 
| Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (with Eric Clapton) | 
 | 31 | 1 | — | 
| Live in Cuba (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 2 | 
| Big Band Holidays (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 6 | 
| The Music of John Lewis (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Jon Batiste) | 
 | — | — | 3 | 
| Handful of Keys (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with various artists) | 
 | — | — | 4 | 
| United We Swing: Best of The Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas (with various artists) | 
 | — | — | 2 | 
| Una Noche con Rubén Blades (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Rubén Blades) | 
 | — | — | 5 | 
| Swing Symphony (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with St. Louis Symphony) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Big Band Holidays II (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | 5 | 
| Sherman Irby’s Inferno (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| The Music of Wayne Shorter (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, with Wayne Shorter) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Christopher Crenshaw’s The Fifties: A Prism (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | — | 
| Black, Brown & Beige (as leader of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra) | 
 | — | — | — | 
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Class. [5] | US Jazz [3] | ||
| Portrait of Wynton Marsalis | 
 | — | — | 
| Resolution to Swing | 
 | — | — | 
| Classic Wynton | 
 | 9 | — | 
| Popular Songs: The Best of Wynton Marsalis | 
 | — | 25 | 
| The Essential Wynton Marsalis | 
 | — | — | 
| Standards & Ballads | 
 | — | 6 | 
| Swingin’ Into the 21st Box Set | 
 | — | — | 
| Selections From Swinging Into The 21st | 
 | — | 22 | 
| The Music of America: Wynton Marsalis | 
 | — | 21 | 
| The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis | 
 | — | 15 | 
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details[1] | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Class. [5] | US Jazz [3] | ||
| Tune in Tomorrow | 
 | — | 8 | 
| Jump Start and Jazz | 
 | 12 | — | 
| Sweet Release & Ghost Story | 
 | — | — | 
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 
 | — | 12 | 
| Bolden | 
 | — | 2 | 
| Motherless Brooklyn (with various artists) | 
 | — | — | 
As sideman
With Art Blakey
- Live at Montreux and Northsea (Timeless, 1980)
- Art Blakey in Sweden (Amigo, 1981)
- Album of the Year (Timeless, 1981)
- Straight Ahead (Concord, 1981)
- Keystone 3 (Concord Jazz, 1982)
- Live At Bubba's Jazz Restaurant (Who's Who in Jazz, 1983)
With Branford Marsalis
- Mo' Better Blues (soundtrack) (Columbia, 1990)
- The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (album) (Sony, 1991)
- Romare Bearden Revealed (Marsalis Music, 2003)
With Shirley Horn
- You Won't Forget Me (1991, Verve) – rec. 1990
- Here's to Life (1992, Verve) – rec. 1991
With others
- Chico Freeman, Destiny's Dance (Contemporary, 1982) – rec. 1981
- Dizzy Gillespie, To Diz with Love (Telarc, 1992)
- Herbie Hancock, Quartet (CBS/Sony, 1982) – rec. 1981
- Joe Henderson, Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1992) – rec. 1991
- Elvin Jones, Tribute to John Coltrane "A Love Supreme" (Columbia, 1992)
- The Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Atlantic, 1994) – rec 1993–1994
- Frank Morgan, Mood Indigo (Antilles, 1989)
- Ted Nash, Rhyme & Reason (Arabesque, 1999)
- Marcus Roberts, Deep in the Shed (credited as E. Dankworth) (Novus, 1990)
- The Sachal Ensemble, Song of Lahore (Universal, 2016)[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Discography". Wynton Marsalis. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Wynton Marsalis Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Wynton Marsalis Chart History - Traditional Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ a b "Gold & Platinum (Wynton Marsalis search)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Wynton Marsalis Chart History - Classical Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Wynton Marsalis Chart History - Blues Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Pakistan's Sachal Jazz Ensemble rises above the risks in 'Song of Lahore'
