The Artists

The artists I've selected for the installation are listed below. The entries are ordered by date of birth. This order is also preserved in the interactive walkway.  

Just to make things clear before we go any further, the list provided below is by no means exhaustive. I was only able to spend a few hours to investigate the history of jazz history in the city of Pittsburgh. So the artists listed below belong to the list of musicians who I was able to uncover in a glance and who I personally think made an impact on the history of jazz.

I'm aware that there are other great jazz musicians that are from Pittsburgh. For example, while attending a concert yesterday I found out Erroll Garner, an extremely talented jazz pianist, who is considered as one of the greatest is also from Pittsburgh. The fact that I didn't encounter his name while doing my initial research does not mean that he was a musician of lesser importance. 

Name	Instrument	Birth Year
Mary Lou Williams	Pianists	1910
Maxine Sullivan	Vocal	1911
Roy Eldridge	Trumpet	1911
Billy Eckstine	Vocal	1914
Kenny Clarke	Drums	1914
Billy Strayhorn	Piano	1915
Eddie Jefferson	Vocal	1918
Art Blakey	Drums	1919
Ray Brown	Bass	1926
Ahmed Jamal	Piano	1930
Paul Chambers	Bass	1935