Wynton Marsalis talks about growing up with racism, experiencing racism now, who his biggest influencers were, the genius of Louis Armstrong and the low-level and unintelligent criticism of writers covering the institution of jazz.

Watch the must-see interview at “The David Rubenstein Show” on PBS.

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