Jazz music, one of the foundations of it is blues.

And the blues is not close-eyed optimism. It's open-eyed optimism.

But the one thing the blues is not, is not whining.

From the BBC World Service, this is the documentary in the studio.

I'm Leo Hornack, and I'm in the studio with one of the great American musicians of the last 40 years.

The jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer, Winston Marsalis.

The blues encourages you to always face the difficulties

and bring yourself to it in your will.

And you have to not be redirected philosophically.

And you have to have strength.

These are challenging times, but times are always challenging.

And the questions always, what do you bring to those times?

Thank you. And the questions always, what do you bring to those times? Since the 80s, he's been known as one of the finest trumpeters in jazz history

and equally successful in European classical music.

He's won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and many Grammy Awards.

There are even statues of him in France and in Spain.

But when you've been at the top for years,

when the statues have been built and the awards won,

when whole generations of younger players look up to you,

how do you stay motivated?

How do you keep your direction as a creative artist?

This year I was granted unusual, behind-the-scenes access to Winton and the band he's most

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