# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-jay-mcneely
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:31:31.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-jay-mcneely"
name: "Big Jay McNeely"
slug: "big-jay-mcneely"
description: "Cecil James \"Big Jay\" McNeely was an American R&B saxophonist."
tagline: "American rhythm and blues saxophonist (1927–2018)"
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: "1927-04-29"
deathDate: "2018-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.359289333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Big-Jay-McNeely-141321915931"
    handle:    "Big-Jay-McNeely-141321915931"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bigjaymcneely.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/332312"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بيج جاى مكنيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Jay_McNeely"
    title: "Big Jay McNeely"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17356cb5-7789-42b4-9486-fdd72288d513"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352225"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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