# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anthony-jackson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:49.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anthony-jackson"
name: "Anthony Jackson"
slug: "anthony-jackson"
description: "Anthony Claiborne Jackson was an American bassist. Described as \"one of the masters of the instrument\", he performed as a session musician and live artist. He is also credited with the development of the modern six-string bass, which he referred to as an electric contrabass guitar."
tagline: "American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anthony_Jackson.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: "1952-06-23"
deathDate: "2025-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.95
  momentum:             1.950065957509371
  historical:           16.24228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jSvNq6yedPhkC4p3zlznC"
    handle:    "4jSvNq6yedPhkC4p3zlznC"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أنطوني جاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انتونی جاکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musician)"
    title: "Anthony Jackson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آنتونی جکسون (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אנתוני ג'קסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musicista)"
    title: "Anthony Jackson (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アンソニー・ジャクソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson"
    title: "Anthony Jackson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musician)"
    title: "Anthony Jackson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9c24fa40-717a-40b5-a421-d8e0e27b6d1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q570001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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