Jazz Pianist. Jamal was born in Pittsburgh and emerged as a young, virtuoso pianist during the 1950s. He performs primarily in a jazz piano trio setting. His most famous recording is Live at the Pershing (1958), featuring Israel Crosby (bass) and Vernel Fournier (drums). While Jamal never received t
"Creation is the result of activity and not thinking. It is activity that generates ideas which, themselves, give rise to other ones. It is a process in the course of which decisive choices are made in a mysterious way. It is the automatism with which the farmer ploughs the fields, a phenomenon that
Painter and installation artist Rudolf Stingel is known for his
His materials have included rubber, carpet, painted aluminum, and Styrofoam and his work is often interactive--he invited viewers to draw into foil covered walls at the Whitney Museum and he carpeted New York's Grand Central Terminal