# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:25:53.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-payne"
name: "Cecil Payne"
slug: "cecil-payne"
description: "Cecil Payne was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gillespie and Randy Weston, in addition to his solo work as bandleader."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1922–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecil_Payne.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: "1922-12-14"
deathDate: "2007-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.4
  momentum:             5.757575757575757
  historical:           11.616884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيسيل باين (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
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    title: "Cecil Payne"
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    title: "Cecil Payne"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Payne"
    title: "Cecil Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Payne"
    title: "Cecil Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Payne"
    title: "Cecil Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Payne"
    title: "Cecil Payne"
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    title: "Cecil Payne"
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    title: "Cecil Payne"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Payne"
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    title: "Сесіл Пейн"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump