# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/booker-little
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:57:52.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/booker-little"
name: "Booker Little"
slug: "booker-little"
description: "Booker Little Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on many recordings in his short career, both as a sideman and as a leader. Little performed with Max Roach, John Coltrane, and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown. He died aged 23."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1938–1961)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Booker_little_jr.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: "1938-04-02"
deathDate: "1961-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.86
  momentum:             2.175196850393701
  historical:           14.95573066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1818684/"
    handle:    "nm1818684"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بوكر ليتل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوكر ليتل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ブッカー・リトル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_Little"
    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Литл, Букер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BB"
    title: "Букер Літтл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Booker Little"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144049"
    title: "Beulah Booker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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