Brass Legend Marsalis Injured

Famed jazz trumpet player Wynton Marsalis has cancelled an entire month of his performances due to a lip injury. Lip injuries are not uncommon among career brass players.

The complete news release is available at the PlaybillArts web site. Marsalis is the artistic director for Jazz at Lincoln Center and plans to return to the stage in early June. Marsalis is one of the most well known trumpet musicians in the world with over thirty albums, nine grammy awards, and a Pulitzer Prize for music to his credit.