# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-french
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:21:52.566Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-french"
name: "Bob French"
slug: "bob-french"
description: "Robert \"Bob\" French Sr. was an American jazz drummer and radio show host at WWOZ, from New Orleans, Louisiana.\nFrench led The Tuxedo Jazz Band from 1977 until his death in 2012.."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1938–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BobFrenchSnugMarch2008.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: "1938"
deathDate: "2012-11-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             5.106382978723405
  historical:           5.938445333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2283814/"
    handle:    "nm2283814"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83e0451e-5a0c-435e-b164-27b022d300ab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "بوب فرينش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_French"
    title: "Bob French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_French_(jazz_musician)"
    title: "Bob French (jazz musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_French"
    title: "Bob French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_French"
    title: "Bob French"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59907"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4298188"
    title: "Bob French"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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