# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-collette
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:36.723Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-collette"
name: "Buddy Collette"
slug: "buddy-collette"
description: "William Marcel \"Buddy\" Collette was an American jazz flautist, saxophonist, clarinetist, and studio musician. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1921–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Collette.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-08-06"
deathDate: "2010-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171373/"
    handle:    "nm0171373"
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    url:       "http://www.buddycollette.com"
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    title: "Buddy Collette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Collette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Collette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Collette"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Buddy Collette"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump