# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-kirk-q526442
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:55:14.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-kirk-q526442"
name: "Andy Kirk"
slug: "andy-kirk-q526442"
description: "Andrew Dewey Kirk was an American jazz bandleader and saxophonist who led the Twelve Clouds of Joy, a band popular during the swing era."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader (1898-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy_Kirk.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: "1898-05-28"
deathDate: "1992-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             2.473150962512664
  historical:           13.829844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اندى كيرك (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk_(musician)"
    title: "Andy Kirk (musician)"
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  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk"
    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk"
    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk_(muusikko)"
    title: "Andy Kirk (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk"
    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk"
    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk_(musicista)"
    title: "Andy Kirk (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk"
    title: "Andy Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Kirk_(muzyk)"
    title: "Andy Kirk (muzyk)"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Кирк, Энди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ad248993-817e-4e86-a267-000b19b8820c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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