# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/booker-ervin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:08:18.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/booker-ervin"
name: "Booker Ervin"
slug: "booker-ervin"
description: "Booker Telleferro Ervin II was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing. He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1930–1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/Booker_Ervin.jpg/330px-Booker_Ervin.jpg"
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: "1930-10-31"
deathDate: "1970-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.253568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوكر ايرفن"
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    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin"
    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin"
    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin"
    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin"
    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Ervin"
    title: "Booker Ervin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Букер Ервін"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump