# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-grey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:18:28.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-grey"
name: "Al Grey"
slug: "al-grey"
description: "Al Grey was an American jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book in 1987 called Plunger Techniques."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1925–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Grey_(Gottlieb).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-06-06"
deathDate: "2000-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.55262933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3891104/"
    handle:    "nm3891104"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/272655"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "أل غري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%82%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "ال قری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "آل گری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4"
    title: "アル・グレイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Грей, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Grey"
    title: "Al Grey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Ел Грей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/95816fed-44c2-4a75-9830-7052b8e5b62c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715687"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump