# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-mcbee
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:16:08.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-mcbee"
name: "Cecil McBee"
slug: "cecil-mcbee"
description: "Cecil McBee is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of classic jazz albums."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecil_McBee%2C_The_Cookers_Nice_2016.JPG?width=1200"
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: "1935-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.11134266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258511"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "セシル・マクビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_McBee"
    title: "Cecil McBee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf362673-150d-4a99-8e7b-22a5fbaaf713"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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