# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:41.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-taylor"
name: "Cecil Taylor"
slug: "cecil-taylor"
description: "Cecil Percival Taylor was an American pianist and poet."
tagline: "American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecil_taylor_E5122329-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-03-25"
deathDate: "2018-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.971828
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cecil-taylor.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cecil Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cecil Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cecil Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump