# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buster-bennett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:42:34.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buster-bennett"
name: "Buster Bennett"
slug: "buster-bennett"
description: "James Joseph \"Buster\" Bennett was an American blues saxophonist and blues shouter. His nickname was \"Leap Frog\". At various times in his career, he played the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He was known for his gutbucket style on the saxophone. He also played the piano and the string bass professionally."
tagline: "American musician (1914–1980)"
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: "1914-03-19"
deathDate: "1980-07-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             5.4
  historical:           7.002772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/648226"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "باستر بينيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bennett"
    title: "Buster Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bennett"
    title: "Buster Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bennett"
    title: "Buster Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bennett"
    title: "Buster Bennett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%B9"
    title: "بسٹر بینیٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1876c17-e5d1-4897-a17a-4328abccf8f7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017757"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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