# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-gordon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:13.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-gordon"
name: "Bob Gordon"
slug: "bob-gordon"
description: "Bob Gordon was an American cool jazz baritone saxophonist born in St. Louis, Missouri, best known as a sideman for musicians like Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne, Chet Baker, Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Herbie Harper, and Jack Montrose. He released one album as a bandleader. Gordon died in a car accident on his way to playing at a Pete Rugolo concert in San Diego."
tagline: "American musician (1928–1955)"
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: "1928-06-11"
deathDate: "1955-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             0.0591715976331361
  historical:           7.878906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/471823"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بوب غوردون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بوب جوردون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gordon_(Saxophonist)"
    title: "Bob Gordon (Saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gordon_(saxophonist)"
    title: "Bob Gordon (saxophonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gordon"
    title: "Bob Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gordon"
    title: "Bob Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gordon"
    title: "Bob Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ca6d060c-ffad-44c8-84d9-2e36c02cbb35"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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