# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andy-sheppard
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:10.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andy-sheppard"
name: "Andy Sheppard"
slug: "andy-sheppard"
description: "Andy Sheppard is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the British Jazz Awards, and has worked with some notable figures in contemporary jazz, including Gil Evans, Carla Bley, George Russell and Steve Swallow. In 2019 he was presented the degree of Doctor of Music honoris causa by the University of Bristol."
tagline: "British jazz saxophonist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andy-Sheppard_DSC00803.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.56
  momentum:             5.560127301659468
  historical:           8.364041333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791912/"
    handle:    "nm0791912"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.andysheppard.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/44114"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "اندى شيپارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sheppard"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40bc2cd8-e403-468c-9e27-1c2d69ed9237"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475218"
    title: "Andy Sheppard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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