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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis, the first African American jazz musician to win a Pulitzer Prize
The very first time a music piece won a Pulitzer Prize was in 1943. It was a classical rendition titled Cantata No. 2, a Free Song composed by William Schuman, adapted from the poem, “Drum-taps,” by Walt Whitman, which was written during the middle of World War II. Following the recognition of the classical tune…
