A capitol job of restoration

The sun had faded the larger-than-life images on the south-facing wall outside the Capitol Records building in Hollywood, and the famous music company wanted it restored. Artist Richard Wyatt was asked to re-do the mural he first painted in 1990. Rather than repaint the images, only to see them fade again years later, Wyatt re-did the images in tile. The artwork, now much more permanent, was recently unveiled. The mural stands 26 feet high by 88 feet in length and depicts the likenesses of Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Shelley Manne, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington. However, from left, only Ella Fitzgerald, Nat Cole, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie (on trumpet), Billie Holiday, and Duke Ellington are captured in this photograph.