The arrival of Wynton Marsalis on the music scene in 1982 could not have been more unexpected. Barely out of his teens, this trumpet prodigy from New Orleans recorded jazz and classical music with seemingly equal facility. Even more startling was his dedication to a self-defined mission to restore jazz music to a central place in American life, and with it, the values he believes jazz embodies: freedom and discipline, romance and responsibility, pride and respect for both the African and the European components of our musical heritage. In the following decade, Wynton Marsalis almost single-handedly initiated a revival of interest in mainstream jazz tradition among young musicians. In 1987 he co-founded Jazz at Lincoln Center to sponsor jazz performance and educational programs at New York's premier performing arts center. In addition to his busy schedule of composing and performing, Marsalis produces music education programs for public radio and television. His four-part, Peabody Award-winning TV series "Marsalis on Music," introduces young viewers to the adventure of making music. In 1997, he became the first jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for his epic oratorio on the subject of slavery, "Blood on the Fields." Wynton Marsalis continues to compose, to tour, and to bring his message to a new generation as Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and leader of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. When Hurricane Katrina devastated his native city in 2005, Marsalis swung into action, organizing benefit concerts in both New York and New Orleans to raise money for relief and reconstruction efforts. Beyond his achievements as an artist, Wynton Marsalis has matured into a public figure of courage and conviction. This podcast was recorded at the 1988 International Achievement Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, shortly after the founding of Jazz at Lincoln Center.