# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-finnerty
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:19:11.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-finnerty"
name: "Barry Finnerty"
slug: "barry-finnerty"
description: "Michael Barry Finnerty is an American jazz guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, and arranger, known for his work as a touring and recording session musician for Miles Davis, The Crusaders, the Brecker Brothers, Hubert Laws, and Ray Barretto. Finnerty is the author of books on music improvisation and a semi-autobiographical novel."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Finnerty_in_April_2018.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: "1951-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.31
  momentum:             1.63355408388521
  historical:           6.818972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/barry.finnerty.102"
    handle:    "barry.finnerty.102"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-finnerty-a88b966/"
    handle:    "barry-finnerty-a88b966"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3949256/"
    handle:    "nm3949256"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/271065"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A"
    title: "باري فينرتي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "بارى فينرتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Finnerty"
    title: "Barry Finnerty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Finnerty"
    title: "Barry Finnerty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Finnerty"
    title: "Barry Finnerty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Finnerty"
    title: "Barry Finnerty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f3c93ae-f1bd-43c1-a522-af56a11c83d9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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