# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-gayle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:31:20.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-gayle"
name: "Charles Gayle"
slug: "charles-gayle"
description: "Charles Gayle was an American free jazz musician. Initially known as a saxophonist who came to prominence in the 1990s after decades of obscurity, Gayle also performed as pianist, bass clarinetist, bassist, and percussionist."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1939–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Gayle.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: "1939-02-28"
deathDate: "2023-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.74812933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 366
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/charles_gayle"
    handle:    "charles_gayle"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Charles-Gayle-240716179338906"
    handle:    "Charles-Gayle-240716179338906"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1087116/"
    handle:    "nm1087116"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LrEd7O4tB35VAR0ZKz0cH"
    handle:    "3LrEd7O4tB35VAR0ZKz0cH"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHb1Pqd7xJKXt8S3IYDICSw"
    handle:    "Charles Gayle - Topic"
    followers: 366
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/369031"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تشارلز غايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تشارلز جايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%A6_%D4%B3%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%AC"
    title: "Չարլզ Գեյլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Gayle"
    title: "Charles Gayle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7"
    title: "Гейл, Чарльз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e6f5e10-a1d7-4d44-9a9d-19c741f14806"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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